Adoption Act, 1964

Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act.

5.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3) of section 11 of the Principal Act, an adoption order may be made on the application of a married couple who have been married to each other for not less than three years and each of whom has attained the age of twenty-five years.

(2) Section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:

“(4) An adoption order shall not be made unless the applicants are ordinarily resident in the State and have been so resident during the year ending on the date of the order.”

(3) Section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of subsection (5).