Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 127

127. (1) The court by which an adoption decree has been made may, on the application of the adopter or of the adopted person , amend the decree by the correction of any error in the particul ars contained therein and may, if satisfied on the application of a ny person concerned that a direction for the making of an entry in the register book of acts of birth or the Adopted Persons Register included in the decree in pursuance of sub-article (3) or sub-a rticle (4) of article 125 was wrongly so included, revoke that directi on; and where an adoption decree is so amended or a direction revok ed, the Registrar of Courts shall cause the amendment to be communicated to the Director of th e Public Registry within fift een days of the making of such decree; and any necessary correction of or addition to the Adopted Persons Register or cancellation of the marking of an entry in the register book of acts of birth or th e Adopted Persons Register shall be made accordingly. (2) Where an adoption decree has been amended any certified copy of the relevant entry in the Adopted Persons Register whic h may be issued pursuant to article 269(5) shall be a copy of the entry as amended, without the reproduction of any note or marking relating to the amendment or of any matter cancelled pursuant thereto; and a certified copy of an entry in any register, being an entry the marking of which has b een cancelled, shall be deemed to be an accurate copy only if both the marking and the cancellati on are omitted therefrom. Right to information. Added by: IV .2008.39. Amended by XXVIII.2024. 15.