66 births which has been marked " Adopted pursuant A.D. 1926. to this Act and any corresponding entry in the Adopted Children Register, but such last-mentioned registers and books shall not be nor shall any index thereof be open 5 to public inspection or search, nor, except under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall the Registrar-General furnish any person with any information contained in or with any copy or extract from any such registers or books. 10 15 (8) Regulations made by the Registrar-General under the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to 1901, may make provision as to the duties to be performed by Superintendent Registrars and Registrars of Births and Deaths in the execution of this Act. 12. (1) This Act may be cited as the Adoption of Short title, Children Act, 1926. commencement and (2) This Act shall come into operation on the first extent. day of August nineteen hundred and twenty-six. (3) This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Northern 20 Ireland. Presented by Mr. Galbraith, supported by Sir Henry Slesser, Mr. Rentoul, Mr. A. R. Kennedy, Sir Malcolm Macnaghten, Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 5 February 1926. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; or through any Bookseller. [AS AMENDED BY STANDING COMMITTEE A.] ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. Clause. 1. Power to make adoption orders. 2. Restrictions on making adoption orders. 3. Matters with respect to which Court to be satisfied. 4. Terms and condition of order. 5. Effect of adoption order. 6. 7. Power to make interim orders. Power to make subsequent order in respect of infant already subject to an order. 8. Jurisdiction and procedure. 9. Restriction on payments or to adoption. 10. Provisions as to existing de facto adoptions. 11. Adopted children register. 12. Short title, commencement, and extent. SCHEDULE. |