Section 13
Amendment of register
of Registration of Adoptions Act
(1)
Any Registrar having custody of a register in which an adoption has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this
Act may, on application in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee by the person or spouses who applied for such registration or by the child, amend the register by the correction of any error in the particulars contained therein.
(b)
Where an entry in the register is so amended —
(i)
a certified copy of the amended entry in the register signed by the Registrar shall be delivered or sent to the person or spouses or to the child; and
(ii)
a certified copy of the amended entry in the register shall be sent, within such period as may be prescribed, to the
Registrar General of Adoptions.
(2)
The Attorney General may apply to the Court of a Magistrate to cancel the registration of any adoption in such manner as may be provided by rules made under this Act.
(b)
The Court shall send a copy of the order made in every such application to the Registrar by whom such adoption was registered and to the Registrar General of Adoptions and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such adoption if the Court so orders.
(3)
Where it is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction that an adoption registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act is invalid and the court so orders, a copy of the order shall be sent to the Registrar by whom such adoption was registered and to the Registrar General of
Adoptions and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such adoption.
(4)
Any person, whether or not a party to the proceedings, who is aggrieved by any decision of a court under subsection (2) or (3) may appeal
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to the High Court or to the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, and from the
High Court to the Court of Appeal, in such manner as may be provided by any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam relating to appeals.