Clause 1
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1985.
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Adoption of Children (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 1 1985, currently marked not in force and first recorded in 1985.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1985.
Amendment of section 3
Section 3 of the Adoption of Children Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(7) For the purpose of subsection (6), an infant shall be deemed not to be resident in Singapore —
if he is authorised or permitted to remain in Singapore by virtue of a visit pass, a student’s pass or a special pass issued by the Controller of Immigration, irrespective of the number of occasions such a pass is issued to him or renewed; or
if his presence in Singapore is unlawful under the provisions of the Immigration Act (Cap. 81) or the regulations made thereunder.”.
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