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Formal Consolidation |  2020 RevEd
Registration of adopted children
12.—(1)  Where an adoption order has been made, the Registrar of the court by which the adoption order was made shall forthwith send to the Registrar‑General of Births and Deaths a notice in the form set out in the Schedule, setting out the following particulars so far as they are known to the court:
(a)the full name of the child before the making of the adoption order;
(b)the full name of the child conferred by the adoption order;
(c)the date and place of birth of the child;
(d)the birth certificate registration number or entry number of the last preceding adoption or re‑registration number;
(e)the sex of the child;
(f)the names of the natural or last preceding adopting parents of the child;
(g)the name or names and the occupation and address of the adopting parent or adopting parents;
(h)the date and country of birth, race and dialect group, nationality and citizenship, and Singapore identity card number of the adopting parent or adopting parents;
(i)the maiden name of the adopting mother if she is or has been married;
(j)in the case of adoption by a single adopter, whether the adoptive parent wishes that the words “adoptive father” or “adoptive mother” as the case may require, appear on the face of any certified copy of the entry of birth of the child issued after the birth has been registered under this section;
(k)the date of the adoption order and a description of the court by which it was made;
(l)such other particulars as may be required by the Registrar‑General.
(2)  Where —
(a)the precise date of the infant’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth; and
(b)the country of birth of the infant is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the particulars of that country may be omitted from the order and from the entry in the register maintained by the Registrar‑General.
(3)  Upon receipt of the form referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar‑General shall if the birth of the adopted child has been registered in Singapore cause the entry in the relevant register of births to be marked with the word “Adopted”. Particulars as to the birth of the child shall then be registered separately substituting the name conferred by the adoption for the name of the child prior to adoption, and recording the name, address and description of each adopting parent in substitution for the particulars as to the natural or last adopting parents.
(4)  In any case where the birth of the adopted child has not been registered in Singapore, the Registrar‑General, upon being satisfied as to the correctness of the information supplied to him as to the date and place of birth of the child, shall register particulars as to the birth of the child in accordance with the procedure in subsection (3).
(5)  Where a copy of the entry as to the birth of any child to which this section relates is required for any purpose, the Registrar‑General, subject to any regulations as to payment of fees as are prescribed, shall supply a copy of the last entry made pursuant to subsection (3) omitting in the copy the word “Adopted” that appears in the original or former entry.
(6)  No person shall be permitted to inspect any such original or former entry, or to take a copy of such original or former entry unless that person has certified, and the Registrar‑General is satisfied, that the particulars recorded in the original or former entry are material for the purpose for which the inspection is required.
(7)  Where on 15 May 1972 an adoption order has already been made in respect of an infant, the Registrar‑General shall upon application being made by either of the adopting parents, or in the event of both adopting parents being dead, by the adopted child register particulars as to the birth of the child in accordance with subsection (3) and upon registration, subsection (5) shall apply to any copy of an entry as to the birth of the adopted child.
(8)  The copy of the entry as to the birth of the child supplied by the Registrar‑General under subsection (5) shall have the same effect in law as a copy of any entry as to the birth of a child who is not adopted.
(9)  Rules made by the Minister under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937 may make provision as to the duties to be performed by Registrars, Supervising Deputy Registrars and Deputy Registrars in the administration of this Act.
(10)  The Adopted Children Register maintained under section 11 repealed by the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1972 shall cease to be maintained and no extracts therefrom shall be issued except by an order of court.
(11)  The Registrar-General shall keep such other registers and books, and make such entries therein as may be necessary to record and make traceable the connection between any entry in the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 repealed by the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1972 and any entry in the registers of births made pursuant to this section, but the registers and books kept under this subsection shall not be, nor shall any index thereof be, open to public inspection or search nor except under an order of court shall the Registrar furnish any person with any information contained in or with any copy or extract from any such registers or books.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 17 of 2021
Matters relating to registration or re‑registration of birth of adopted child
12.—(1)  If an adoption order is made, the Registrar of the court that makes the adoption order must, as soon as practicable, provide to the Registrar‑General of Births and Deaths a copy of the adoption order and the particulars (as far as they are known to the court) that the Registrar‑General requires for the purposes of registration or re‑registration of the adopted child’s birth under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021.
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(2)  Where —
(a)the precise date of the adopted child’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth; and
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(b)the country of birth of the adopted child is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the particulars of that country may be omitted from the order and from the entry in the register maintained by the Registrar‑General.
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(3)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(4)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(5)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(6)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(7)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(8)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(9)  [Deleted by Act 17 of 2021 wef 29/05/2022]
(10)  The Adopted Children Register maintained under section 11 repealed by the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1972 shall cease to be maintained and no extracts therefrom shall be issued except by an order of court.
(11)  The Registrar-General shall keep such other registers and books, and make such entries therein as may be necessary to record and make traceable the connection between any entry in the Adopted Children Register previously maintained under section 11 repealed by the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1972 and any entry in the registers of births made pursuant to this section, but the registers and books kept under this subsection shall not be, nor shall any index thereof be, open to public inspection or search nor except under an order of court shall the Registrar furnish any person with any information contained in or with any copy or extract from any such registers or books.
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