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Adoption Act 1984
127Improperly witnessing consent to adoption
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127 Improperly witnessing consent to adoption
A person shall not subscribe a name as a witness to the signature of a person to an instrument of consent to the adoption of a child (whether under this Act or under the law of another State or of a Territory) except in accordance with Division 3 of Part II.
1. 25 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
S. 127A inserted by No. 25/2013 s. 8, repealed by No. 32/2015 s. 9.
No. 7147 s. 55.