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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 26G

26G .         Parentage testing order against child, execution and contravention of

        (1)         This section applies if a parentage testing order, or an order under section 26E, requires a medical procedure or other act to be carried out in relation to a child who is under 18 years of age.

        (2)         The procedure or act must not be carried out in relation to the child under the order without the consent of a person with parental responsibility for the child.

        (3)         The Court may draw such inferences from a failure or refusal to consent as mentioned in subsection (2) as appear just in the circumstances.

        [Section 26G inserted: No. 41 of 1997 s. 12; amended: No. 15 of 2012 s. 13.]



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