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Adoption of Children Act 1994
26No adoption without consent
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26 No adoption without consent
Subject to this Act, the Court shall not make an order for the
adoption of a child unless:
(a) consent (not being consent that has been revoked) to the
adoption is given by the appropriate person or persons
ascertained in accordance with this Division; or
(b) the Court has, by order under section 35, dispensed with the
giving of a consent to the adoption by such a person.