(da) in respect of a child who is taken on adoption from the Specialised Adoption Agency, the person in-charg… — LIST OF AMENDING ACTS

[(da) in respect of a child who is taken on adoption from the Specialised Adoption Agency, the person in-charge of the Specialised Adoption Agency.

1 [(da) in respect of a child who is taken on adoption from the Specialised Adoption Agency, the person in-charge of the Specialised Adoption Agency. Explanation . — For the purposes of this clause, the expression " Specialised Adoption Agency " shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (57) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016); (db) in respect of an orphan or abandoned child or surrendered child in any child care institution, the person in-charge or caretaker of the child care institution. Explanation . — For the purposes of this clause, the expressions " abandoned child " or " child care institution " or " orphan " or " surrendered child " shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in clauses (1), (21), (42) and (60) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016); (dc) in respect of birth of a child through surrogacy in a surrogacy clinic, the person in-charge of the surrogacy clinic. Explanation . — For the purposes of this clause, the expressions " surrogacy " and " surrogacy clinic " shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in clauses (zd) and (ze) of sub -section (1) of section 2 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 (47 of 2021);] (e) in respect of any new-born child or dead body found deserted in a public place, the headman or other corresponding officer of the village in the case of a village and the officer in charge of the local police station elsewhere: Provided that any person who finds such child or dead body, or in whose charge such child or dead body may be placed, shall notify such fact to the headman or officer aforesaid; (f) in any other place, such person as may be prescribed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government, having regard to the conditions obtaining in a registration division, may by order require that for such period as may be specified in the order, any person specified by the State Government by designation in this behalf, shall give or cause to be given information regarding births and deaths in a house referred to in clause (a) of sub -section (1) instead of the persons specified in that clause.

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