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ADOPTION ORDINANCE - SECT 20H
Convention adoption not recognized on public policy ground
(1) The Court may on application declare that a Convention adoption referred
to in section 20F(1) shall not be recognized in Hong Kong on the ground that
the adoption is manifestly contrary to public policy, taking into account the
best interests of the infant.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1), the validity of a Convention
adoption to which section 20F applies shall not be impugned in Hong Kong in
proceedings in any court. (Part 5 added 28 of 2004 s. 25)
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