Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 100B
100B. (1) Children adopted jointly by partners to a civil union
contracted between persons of the same sex under the Civil Unions
Act, or recognised by the said Act shall, notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Code or of any other law, be recognised for all
intents and purposes of law as having parents of the same sex and
all rights and obligations of parents towards their children and of
children towards their parents under this Code or under any other
law shall apply to such children and parents.
(2) Whenever a law or administrative measure requires a
person to declare the name or other particulars of the mother or the
father, a person adopted jointly by partners in a civil union as
referred to in sub-article (1) shall be entitled to declare the names
or other particulars of the two partners in the said civil union
instead of the said particulars of the mother or the father.
Substituted by:
XVIII.2004.19.
§ II. O F THE PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON
WAS CONCEIVED OR BORN IN WEDLOCK
Where
presumption arises.
Amended by:
IX.2004.14.
Substituted by:
XVIII.2004.20.
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