Registration of Adoptions Act · s 7

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7.
Copies of registration to be delivered to applicants
(1) Upon the registration of an adoption in accordance with the provisions of section 6 —
(a) a certified copy of the entry in the register signed by the
Registrar shall be delivered or sent to the person or spouses who applied for such registration; and
(b) a certified copy of the entry in the register shall be sent, within such period as may be prescribed, to the Registrar General of
Adoptions, and all such certified copies shall constitute the adoption register of the
Registrar General of Adoptions.
(2) (a) If the particulars contained in a certified copy of the entry in the register in respect of any adoption, upon being forwarded to the
Registrar General of Adoptions in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), appear to the Registrar General of Adoptions to be identical with those of an adoption the registration of which has been cancelled in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he shall return

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the said certified copy to the Registrar by whom it was sent together with particulars of the adoption the registration of which has been cancelled.
(b) The Registrar shall thereupon call upon the parties to show cause why the registration of the adoption should not be cancelled and if the parties fail to show cause, the Registrar shall cancel the registration of the adoption.

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s 7Copies of registration to be delivered to applicants

(1)

Upon the registration of an adoption in accordance with the provisions of section 6 —

(a)

a certified copy of the entry in the register signed by the

Registrar shall be delivered or sent to the person or spouses who applied for such registration; and

(b)

a certified copy of the entry in the register shall be sent, within such period as may be prescribed, to the Registrar General of

Adoptions, and all such certified copies shall constitute the adoption register of the

Registrar General of Adoptions.

(2)

(a)

If the particulars contained in a certified copy of the entry in the register in respect of any adoption, upon being forwarded to the

Registrar General of Adoptions in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), appear to the Registrar General of Adoptions to be identical with those of an adoption the registration of which has been cancelled in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he shall return

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the said certified copy to the Registrar by whom it was sent together with particulars of the adoption the registration of which has been cancelled.

(b)

The Registrar shall thereupon call upon the parties to show cause why the registration of the adoption should not be cancelled and if the parties fail to show cause, the Registrar shall cancel the registration of the adoption.