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ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 112

Evidential value of adoption compliance certificate and Convention country adoption order

112 Evidential value of adoption compliance certificate and Convention country adoption order

Subject to section 110, an adoption compliance certificate issued in a Convention country, or adoption order certified by the Central Authority of a Convention country as having been made in accordance with the law of that country, is evidence for the law of the State, that the adoption to which the certificate or order relates--

(a) was agreed to by the Central Authorities of the countries mentioned in the certificate, and
(b) was carried out in accordance with the Convention and the law of that country.
Note :
"Adoption compliance certificate" is defined in the Dictionary.



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