Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 16 : Inter-Country Adoption267. Evidentiary value of adoption compliance certificate of convention country |
Subject to section 270, an adoption compliance certificate is evidence, for the purposes of the laws of the Republic, that the adoption to which the certificate 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 Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption and the laws of the countries mentioned in the certificate. |