Section 12A: Illegal adoption or custody of a child
This section is inserted by Act No 17 of 2023, section 12.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12A. Illegal adoption or custody of a child
(1) Any person who adopts a child, or obtains the custody
of a child, where such adoption or custody has been facilitated or
secured through illegal means shall commit an offence.
(2) Any person who acts as intermediary for the purpose of
an adoption or a custody of a child where such adoption or custody
has been facilitated or secured through illegal means shall commit
an offence.
(3) in this section –
“illegal means” includes payment or other form
of compensation.