Unauthorized arrangements for adoption
110 Unauthorized arrangements for adoption
A person who, without being authorized in writing for the purpose by the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency – conducts negotiations or makes arrangements with another person with a view to the adoption of a child by that other person; or transfers or causes to be transferred the possession, custody, or control of a child to some other person or persons with a view to the adoption of the child by that person or those persons; or receives possession, custody, or control of a child with a view to adopting the child – is guilty of an offence.
Subsection (1) does not apply to, or in relation to, any arrangements made by, or on behalf of, a parent, guardian, or relative of a child for the adoption of the child by a spouse of a parent of the child or by a relative, or a relative and the spouse of the relative, of the child.
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