Acts and Regulations

V-3 - Vital Statistics Act

Section 22
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Adoption registration
22(1)Where, at the time of receiving the certified copy of the adoption order, or any time thereafter, there is in the office of the Registrar General a registration of the birth of the person adopted, the Registrar General, upon production of evidence satisfactory to him of the identity of the person, shall cause the substitution of a new registration of birth in accordance with the facts contained in the order of adoption and subject to the terms of such order, showing the adopted person
(a) on the date of birth recorded in the original registration, and
(b) at the place of birth recorded therein,
as having been born to the adopting parent or parents, and cause the original registration to be withdrawn from the registration files.
22(2)Where a certified copy of an adoption order of the child is received and the child was born in a country from which a certificate of birth is not available, the Registrar General shall retain the certified copy of the adoption order and, upon request, may issue a statement respecting the particulars of the child contained in the order, but neither the certificate or statement shall constitute the original registration of birth.
22(3)Where a person is adopted pursuant to an order, judgment or decree of adoption made by a court of competent jurisdiction in another jurisdiction, the Registrar General,
(a) upon receipt of a certified copy of the order, judgment or decree, and
(b) upon production of evidence satisfactory to him of the identity of the person,
shall, if there is in his office a registration of birth of that person, cause the substitution of a new registration as required by subsection (1).
1982, c.66, s.3; 1996, c.24, s.13