2. Amendment
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
Section 3 of the Adoption of Children Ordinance
(Chapter 61) (hereinafter referred to as the principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows :—
of Chapter 61.
by the insertion immediately after subsection (5) of that section of the following new subsection :—
‘ (5a) (a) An adoption order shall be made in favour of any applicant who is not a citizen of Sri
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Lanka and not domiciled or resident in Sri Lanka if no other person who is a citizen of Sri Lanka and resident and domiciled in Sri Lanka has applied to adopt the child in respect of whom the applica-tion is made.
(i) The number of adoption orders that may be made by all courts in any calendar year, in favour of applicants who are not or were not at any time citizens of Sri Lanka and who are not resident and domiciled in Sri Lanka, shall be prescribed by regulation.
An adoption order shall not be made in favour of any applicants who are not or were not at any time citizens of Sri Lanka and who are not resident and domiciled in Sri Lanka, if the effect of making of such order will be to exceed the number pres-cribed under sub-paragraph (i), for the calendar year in which the order is to be made.” ; and
in subsection (6) of that subsection, by the sub-stitution fdr the proviso to that subsection of the following proviso :—
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‘Provided that an adoption order authorising the adoption, by two spouses who are not citizens of
Sri Lanka and who are not resident and domiciled in Sri Lanka of a child—
who is in the care, custody or control of a person for the time being in charge of an orphanage, home or other institution main-tained by the
Government or of an orphanage registered under the Orphanages
Ordinance for a period of at least five years;
and
selected by the Commissioner of Probation and Child Care Services, may be made on the joint application of such spouses where, after calling for, and considering, a report from the Commissioner of Probation and Child Care Services on the social and psychological aspects of the adoption to be authorized and on the matters specified in section 4, the court is satisfied that there are special circumstances that justified the making of an adop-tion order in favour of the joint applicants. The
Commissioner shall submit such report to court within the period fixed by court for that purpose, such pericd being not less than fourteen days and not more than twenty-eight days from the date on which ‘he court calls for the report and shall annex to such report—
a home study report in respect of the appli-cants from an institution recognized by the country of the applicants ; and
a police report from the police authority for the respective police areas within which the-applicants reside, authenticated by the accredited representative of the Republic of Sri Lanka in that country.
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“home study report ” means a report on the mental health of the applicants, on their social, religious and financial background and on their suitability to adopt a child
;
“police report ” means a report on the conduct and activities of the applicants.’.