Hong Kong Ordinances

ADOPTION ORDINANCE - SECT 29B

Placement of infants for local adoption where general consent is given

(1) This section applies to local adoption where consent for the adoption of
an infant is given in the prescribed general form of consent.

(2) As and when the Director decides, having due regard to any opinion given
to him pursuant to subsection (3), that—

   (a)  an applicant assessed to be a suitable adoptive parent under
        section 29(1) would be a suitable adoptive parent for a particular
        infant; and

   (b)  the placement of the infant with the applicant for adoption would be
        in the best interests of the infant, the Director, or (if the
        application was submitted to an accredited body) the accredited body,
        may proceed with the placement.

(3) Before the Director makes a decision under subsection (2), he shall seek
the opinion of each and every accredited body that has proposed any
prospective adopter for that particular infant and such other persons as the
Director may consider appropriate. (Part 7 added 28 of 2004 s. 32)