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12. Form and Transmission of Orders
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12.   Form and Transmission of Orders

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    (1)   An adoption order shall be drawn up in Form 7, and an interim order in Form 8.

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    (2)   On the making of an adoption order the Registrar of the High Court shall send a sealed copy of the order to the Registrar of Civil Status and to the applicant within 7 days after the order has been passed and entered.

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    (3)   An adoption order, and any copy of such an order sent to the Registrar of Civil Status shall be drawn up on paper of foolscap folio size, 13 inches by 8 inches, and shall have a margin to be left blank, not less than 1 inch wide, on the left side of the face of the paper and a similar margin on the right side of the reverse, if any.

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    (4)   No duplicate or copy of an adoption order or interim order shall be given to or served upon any person other than the Registrar of Civil Status or the applicant except by order of the judge.

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    (5)   Where an adoption order is made or refused or an interim order made, the tutor ad hoc shall notify all parties who were not present when the order was made or refused, without disclosing the identity of the applicant unless he or she does not desire his or her identity to be kept confidential.

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