Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)

Chapter 16 : Inter-Country Adoption

254. Purposes of Chapter

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The purposes of this Chapter are—

(a)to give effect to the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption;
(b)to provide for the recognition of certain foreign adoptions;
(c)to find fit and proper adoptive parents for an adoptable child; and
(d)generally to regulate inter-country adoptions.