Zambia - 1956 - Youth and Sports Development

Adoption Act

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

This Act provides for the making and registration of adoption orders and provides for the registration and control of adoption societies. It regulates the making of arrangements by adoption societies and other persons in connection with the adoption of children and provides for the supervision of adopted children by the Commissioner for Juvenile Welfare in certain cases.

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January 2022

This Act provides for the making and registration of adoption orders and provides for the registration and control of adoption societies. It regulates the making of arrangements by adoption societies and other persons in connection with the adoption of children and provides for the supervision of adopted children by the Commissioner for Juvenile Welfare in certain cases.

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