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Adoption of Children Act 1994

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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this Act, the Court shall not make an order for the adoption of a child unless: (a) consent (not being consent that has been revoked) to the adoption is given by the appropriate person or persons ascertained in accordance with this Division; or (b) the Court has, by order under section 35,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.

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