Adoption Act, 1974 1974 24
No. 24/1974:
ADOPTION ACT, 1974
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1 Interpretation.
2 Welfare of child.
3 Power to make adoption order in the absence of consent.
4 Religion.
5 Application by widower for adoption order.
6 Restriction on making arrangements for adoption.
7 Power to appoint Deputy Chairman.
8 Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act.
9 Restriction on making of adoption order.
10 Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act.
11 Amendment of section 3 of Adoption Act, 1964.
12 Remuneration of Deputy Chairman.
13 Repeals.
14 Short title, construction and collective citation.
SCHEDULE
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ADOPTION ACTS 1952 AND 1964.
[29th July, 1974]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: