Section 9A
Child custody. [S 7/2012]
of Islamic Adoption of Children Act
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Section 9A
(1)
The Court may, at any time, by order, place a child in the custody of the adopter or return the child to his parent.
(2)
If special circumstances exist which render it unfit for the child to be placed in the custody of any person referred under subsection (1), the
Court may order that the child be placed in the custody of any other person or any institution as the Syar’ie Judge thinks fit.
(3)
In determining in whose custody the child shall be placed, the
Court shall take into account the maslahah of the child.