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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 26F

26F .         Orders directed to persons 18 or over

        (1)         If a person who is 18 or more years of age contravenes a parentage testing order or an order under section 26E, the person is not liable to any penalty in relation to the contravention.

        (2)         The Court may draw such inferences from the contravention as appear just in the circumstances.

        (3)         Nothing in subsection (1) prevents an order made under section 26E(4) in relation to costs from being enforced and such order may be enforced as if it were an order made by the Court under the Family Court Act 1997 .

        [Section 26F inserted by No. 41 of 1997 s. 12.]



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