118A. INTERPRETATION: DIVISION 7
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In this Division —
“abroad” means outside Saint Lucia;
“adoption order” means an adoption order made under section 118C;
“Court” means the High Court;
“father”, in relation to an illegitimate infant, means the natural father;
“infant” means a person under eighteen years of age, but does not include a person who is or has been married;
“interim order” means an order under section 118H;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Division;
“relative”, in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes—
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(a) if an adoption order has been made in respect of the infant or any other person, any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the adopted person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock;
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(b) where the infant is illegitimate, the father of the infant and any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the infant were the legitimate child of its mother and father;
“tutor” means a tutor appointed under the Civil Code, Cap. 4.01.
(Inserted by Act 20 of 2019)