Effect of cessation or suspension, &c., of approval
14 Effect of cessation or suspension, &c., of approval
Where a welfare organization ceases to be an approved agency or the approval of a welfare organization as an approved agency is revoked or suspended under section 13(1) –
all records and other documents held by it or under its control relating to the arrangement or negotiation of adoptions shall become the property of the Secretary or, if the welfare organization has with his approval entered into an agreement with an approved agency that the approved agency be the successor of the welfare organization, the property of that approved agency; and the arrangements or negotiations being undertaken by the first-mentioned approved agency immediately before the cessation, revocation, or suspension shall be continued by the Secretary or the principal officer of the approved agency that is the successor of the first-mentioned approved agency, as the case may be.
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