ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967

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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 35



35.(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), no person whatsoever
shall give or agree to give or, whether directly or indirectly, to receive or
agree to receive, any payment or reward whatsoever in consideration of or in
connection with the adoption of any infant.

(2) The following payments shall not be unlawful by virtue of the preceding
subsection, that is to say:

(a)payments made or received by [the Ministry of Home Affairs] in connection
with the adoption of an infant being payments in respect of expenses
reasonably incurred by [the Ministry] in connection with the adoption of the
infant;

(b)payments the receipt or making of which is sanctioned by the court to which
an application is made for an adoption order in respect of an infant, or
pursuant to any agreement, whether entered into before or after the making of
the application, with respect to the receipt or making of any such payments as
may be so sanctioned;

(c)payments made by or on behalf of a registered adoption society in respect
of the maintenance of an infant who has been placed at the disposition of the
society;

(d)payments made to a registered adoption society by the parent or guardian of
an infant or by any other person in respect of the maintenance of the infant
so long as the infant is not in the care and possession of an adopter, being
payments made weekly and at a rate not exceeding such rate as may be
prescribed.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be
liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds, or to both and the court
may order the infant in respect of whom the offence was committed to be
removed to a place of safety until he can be restored to his parents or
guardian or until other arrangements can be made for him.

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ADOPTION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 35