REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 2015
No. 4 of 2015

An Act to amend the Adoption of Children Act 1965 
Certified: 24th March 2015 

Contents 

1 Short title 
2 Commencement 
3 Act amended 

SCHEDULE - AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1965 

[1] Amendment of section 3 
[2] Repeal section 9 

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Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows: 

1 Short title 

This Act may be cited as Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 2015. 

2 Commencement 

This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker. 

3 Act Amended 

The Schedule amends the Adoption of Children Act 1965 

SCHEDULE - AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1965 

[1] Amendment of section 3 

Omit 

Current definition of 'child' 

Substitute 

'child' means a person who is under the age of 18 years 

[2] Repeal section 9 

Section 9 is hereby repealed.