Adoption of Children Act 2022 · Updated to 15 Oct 2024 · Part 6 · Regulation of Adoption Practices and Processes
54. Publication of amounts to be paid to or through adoption agencies, etc.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Every adoption agency must make publicly available a list of the following information on payments or other rewards to be made or given by any person to or through the adoption agency:
the amount of every payment in consideration of the adoption of a child or for an adoption‑related service;
the nature of every reward (other than a payment) to be given in consideration of the adoption of a child or for an adoption‑related service;
a reasonable estimate of the monetary value of every reward (if quantifiable) mentioned in paragraph (b).
An adoption agency must list the information required under subsection (1) in the prescribed format and in the prescribed itemised components.
An adoption agency must not require a person to make or give any payment or other reward in consideration of an adoption or for any adoption‑related service (whether to the adoption agency or another person) that is not listed at the relevant time by the adoption agency as required under subsection (1).
Any adoption agency which, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
An adoption agency commits an offence under subsection (4) regardless of whether the court has sanctioned the payment or other reward under section 53.
court
“court” means the Family Division of the High Court, a Family Court, or any court hearing an appeal against an order or a decision of the Family Division of the High Court or a Family Court, except in sections 48, 51, 66, 69, 70, 72 and 73 where “court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;
In this section, “relevant time”, in relation to a payment or other reward, means the time at which the contract (whether express or implied) under which the payment or reward is to be made or given is entered into.
Terms defined in s 2
adoption-related service
Defined · s 2“adoption-related service” means any of the following:(a)any service provided by an adoption agency (whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries) in the course of making arrangements for or on behalf of any person for the adoption in Singapore by that person of a child;(b)the conduct of a pre-adoption briefing described in section 12;(c)the conduct of a disclosure of adoptive status briefing described in section 13;(d)the conduct of any assessment by an authorised adoption agency for the purposes of preparing an ASA;(e)any other service provided by an adoption agency in connection with the adoption or proposed adoption of a child that may be prescribed by the regulations;
child
Defined · s 2“child”, if age rather than descendancy is relevant, means an individual below 21 years of age;
court
Defined · s 2“court” means the Family Division of the High Court, a Family Court, or any court hearing an appeal against an order or a decision of the Family Division of the High Court or a Family Court, except in sections 48, 51, 66, 69, 70, 72 and 73 where “court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;
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