ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
170. Registration of adoption orders
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
170. Registration of adoption orders
(1)Every adoption order made by the court shall contain a direction to the Registrar-General to make an entry in the Adopted Children Register in the prescribed form.(2)For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of subsection (1)—(a)where the precise date of the child’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth; and(b)where the country of birth of the child is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the particulars of that country may, notwithstanding anything in that subsection, be omitted from the order and from the entry in the Adopted Children Register.(3)Where upon an application to the court for an adoption order in respect of a child not being a child who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the court under this Act or the Adoption Act (Cap. 143) (now repealed), there is proof to the satisfaction of the court of the identity of the child to whom an entry in the Register of Births relates, any adoption order made in pursuance of the application shall contain a direction to the Registrar-General to cause the entry in the Register of Births to be marked with the word "Adopted".(4)Where an adoption order is made by the court in respect of a child who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by such court under this Act or the Adoption Act (Cap. 143) (now repealed), the order shall contain a direction to the Registrar-General to be marked with the word "Re-adopted".(5)Where an adoption order is made by the court, the court shall cause the order to be communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar-General, and upon receipt of such communication, the Registrar-General shall cause compliance to be made with the directions contained in the order both with regard to marking an entry in the Register of Births with the word "Adopted" and in regard to making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register.Effect of Adoption Order