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ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1964 - SECT 44

44 Restrictions on advertising

(1) Subject to this section, a person shall not publish, or cause to be published, in a newspaper or periodical, or by means of broadcasting, television or public exhibition, any advertisement, news item or other matter indicating (whether or not in relation to a particular child, born or unborn) that--

(a) a parent or guardian of a child wishes to have the child adopted; or
(b) a person wishes to adopt a child; or
(c) a person is willing to make arrangements with a view to the adoption of a child.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an advertisement or other matter that has been authorised or approved by the chief executive.



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