Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 126

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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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