Hong Kong Ordinances

ADOPTION ORDINANCE - SECT 25

Interpretation of Part 7

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

The original section 25 has been renumbered as section 33 — see 28 of 2004
s. 31. PART 7

ACCREDITED BODIES, SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS, AND
PLACEMENT, ETC.

In this Part and Schedule 4, unless the context otherwise requires—
“adoption of overseas children” (海外兒童領養) means an adoption
within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of “non-Convention
adoption”; “Convention adoption” (公約領養) has the meaning assigned
to it by paragraph

   (a)  of the definition of the expression in section 20A(1); “local
        adoption” (本地領養) means the adoption of an infant resident in
        Hong Kong by a person resident in Hong Kong; “non-Convention
        adoption” (非公約領養) means—

   (a)  the adoption of an infant resident in a place outside the People’s
        Republic of China by a person resident in Hong Kong, other than a
        Convention adoption; or

   (b)  the adoption of an infant resident in Hong Kong by a person resident
        in a place outside the People’s Republic of China, other than a
        Convention adoption. (Part 7 added 28 of 2004 s. 32) “adoption of
        overseas children” (海外兒童領養) “Convention adoption”
        (公約領養) “local adoption” (本地領養) “non-Convention
        adoption” (非公約領養)