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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 34

Inspection of books, etc., of registered adoption societies.

34.(1) It shall not be lawful for a registered adoption society to place any
infant for the adoption of whom arrangements are made by the society, in the
care and possession of a person who proposes to adopt him if an adoption order
in respect of the infant could not lawfully be made in favour of that person.

(2) Where an application for an adoption order in respect of the infant is
refused by the court and an interim order is not made, the adopter shall
within seven days of the date on which the application is so refused cause the
infant to be returned to the society, and the society shall receive the infant
accordingly.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be liable
on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or
to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both, and the court by which
the offender is convicted may order any infant in respect of whom the offence
is committed to be returned to his parents or guardian or to the
registered adoption society, or to be placed in the care of [the Ministry of
Home Affairs].

(4) Where by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this section an infant is
required to be returned by an adopter to, and received by, an
adoption society, it shall be sufficient compliance with that requirement if
the infant is delivered by the adopter to and received by a suitable person
nominated for the purpose by the society.

Provisions relating to arrangements made by registered adoption societies.

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