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Adoption Act 1984
74Certain entries to be marked "adopted"
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74 Certain entries to be marked "adopted"
S. 74(1) amended by No. 10244 s. 10.
(1) Upon registration under this Division of a memorandum or copy of an order for adoption relating to a person whose birth is registered in Victoria, the Registrar shall mark with the word "adopted" the entry in the Register of Births relating to the birth.
S. 74(2) amended by No. 10244 s. 10.
(2) Upon the registration under this Division of a memorandum or copy of an order for adoption relating to a person who has previously been adopted in Victoria, the Registrar shall mark with the word "adopted" the entry in the Adopted Children Register relating to that person.
S. 74(3) amended by Nos 10244 s. 10, 20/2022 s. 48.
(3) The Registrar shall not, except in accordance with this Act or an order of the Court or for the purposes of the issue of an integrated birth certificate under the **Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996**, open for inspection, or issue an extract from, or copy of, an entry in the Register of Births or in the Adopted Children Register marked with the word "adopted".
S. 74(4) inserted by No. 67/1987 s. 7(2).
(4) On application by a natural parent (within the meaning of section 82), the Registrar may issue to the natural parent an extract from, or copy of, an entry in the Register of Births relating to the child of that parent and which is marked with the word "adopted".