Adoption Matters Amendment Act 56 of 1998

The Adoption Matters Amendment Act 56 of 1998 intends:

• to amend the Child Care Act, 1983 [repealed in 2006], so as
  • to simplify the procedure for the granting of legal representation for children in children’s court proceedings;
  • to provide for the rights of certain natural fathers where the adoption of their children born out of wedlock has been proposed and for certain notice to be given;
• to amend the Natural Fathers of Children Born Out of Wedlock Act, 1997 [repealed in 2006], so as to consolidate the law on adoption under the Child Care Act, 1983; and
• to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992, so as to afford a father of a child born out of wedlock the opportunity to record his acknowledgement of paternity and his particulars in the birth registration of the child; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

4 February 1999, except Section 2 (Gazette 19703 of 29 January 1999)