Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 126
126. (1) Where any person adopted by any one of the parents
alone has subsequently become a person presumed to have been
conceived or born in wedlock on the marriage of his parents, th e
competent court may, on the a pplication of any of the parties
concerned, revoke that decree.
(2) Where an adoption decree is revoked under this article,
the Registrar of Courts shal l cause the revocation to be
communicated to the Director of the Public Registry who shall
cause to be cancelled -
(a) the entry in the Adopted Persons Register relating to
the adopted person; and
(b) the marking with the word "Adopted" of any entry
relating to him in the regis ter book of acts of birth,
and a certified copy of any such entry as is referred to in par agraph
(b) shall be deemed to be an accurate copy only if both the marking
and the cancellation are omitted therefrom.
Amendment of
decree and
rectification of
registers.
Amended by:
XXIV .1995.362.
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