Section 10
Refusal of registration
of Registration of Adoptions Act
(1)
If the Registrar is not satisfied of the truth of any statement made to him, he may —
(a)
refuse to register the adoption; or
(b)
if he requires evidence with regard to any particulars required to be registered, postpone the registration and call for any further evidence that he thinks necessary:
Provided that the Registrar shall record in the Registrar’s notebook his reasons for any such refusal or postponement.
(2)
(Repealed).
(3)
The Registrar shall not register any adoption in respect of any person or of any child not ordinarily resident in Brunei Darussalam.
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(4)
The Registrar shall not register any adoption in respect of any child who has been the subject of an adoption order made in accordance with the provisions of any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam.
(5)
There shall be no appeal from the cancellation by a Registrar of the registration of an adoption or from the refusal of a Registrar to register an adoption, but such refusal shall not prevent the Registrar or another Registrar from registering it if he is subsequently satisfied that the grounds for his refusal to register either did not exist or have since been removed.