recognised for
inter-country adoption by the Government of each foreign
country where children from India are taken in adoption and
this list shall ... inter-country
adoptions. But before taking a decision to recognise any
particular social or child welfare agency for the purpose of
inter country adoptions
under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Inter-country Adoption (1993); (12) "child" means a person who has not completed eighteen ... being in force is imprisonment for seven years or more; (34) "inter-country adoption" means adoption of a child from India by non-resident Indian
Adoptions-
Inter-country adoption of children - Adoption of Indian
Children by foreign parents - Principles and norms laid down
by Supreme Court - Clarification and alteration ... country; (vi) what is the role
which the representatives of foreign agencies should be
allowed to play in inter-country adoption; (vii) whether the
requirement
Section 12 in Adoption Regulations, 2017
12. Legal procedure.
(1) The Specialized Adoption Agency shall file an application in the court concerned, having jurisdiction over ... child with the prospective adoptive parents and in case of inter-country adoption, from the date of receiving No Objection Certificate from the Authority
promote in-country adoptions and to facilitate inter-State adoptions in co-ordination with State Agency; (b) to regulate inter-country adoptions; (c) to frame ... Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Inter-country Adoption; (e) any other function as may be prescribed
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
59. Procedure for inter-country adoption of an orphan or abandoned or surrendered child ... declared legally free for adoption, such child shall be free for inter-country adoption: Provided that children with physical and mental disability, siblings and children
Passport to inter-country adopted child, only applies to an
orphan or abandoned child and cases of inter-country direct adoption do not
form part ... oversee inter-country
adoptions. Article 22 stated that inter-country adoptions should only be
made once the child is legally free for adoption and that
Registration and Home Study Report for prospective adoptive parents for inter-country adoption.
(1) Any Non-Resident Indian, Overseas Citizen of India or foreign prospective
Adoption Regulations, 2017
8. Availability of child for adoption.
- As soon as a child is declared legally free for adoption by the Child Welfare Committee ... Provided that such child shall be allowed to be given in inter-country adoption. - (a) after sixty days, if the child is below five years
case of in-country relative adoption or inter-country relative adoption, respectively, alongwith a consent letter of the biological parents as provided in Schedule ... Schedule VI. (3) The prospective adoptive parents, in case of inter-country relative adoption, shall file the adoption application in the court concerned
