any corresponding entry in the Adopted Children Register, but such last-mentioned registers shall not be, nor shall any index thereof be, open to public inspection or search, nor, except under an order of the Minister, shall the Registrar-General furnish any person with any information contained in, or with any copy or extract from, any such registers. (9) Upon receiving notice of the rescission of an adoption order the Registrar-General shall note that fact in the Adopted Children Register and shall cause any reference to the adoption in a register of births kept by him to be struck out. 71 Change of name of adopted persons (1) Where the forename of an adopted person has been registered in the Adopted Children Register and the forename which was registered is changed, the RegistrarGeneral may register the change of forename of the adopted person in the Adopted Children Register upon— (a) application made by the adopted person or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years— (i) in the case of a joint adoption, the application of both adopters; or (ii) in the case of the death of one adopter or a single adopter, the application of the adopter; or (iii) in the case of the death of both adopters, the application of the legal guardian; and (b) the payment of the prescribed fee; and (c) the production of such evidence as the Registrar-General may consider necessary. (2) Where the surname of an adopted person has been registered in the Adopted Children Register and the surname which was registered has been changed, the Registrar-General shall register the change of surname in the Adopted Children Register without deleting the original surname upon— (a) application made by the adopted person or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years— (i) in the case of a joint adoption, the application of both adopters: or (ii) in the case of the death of one adopter or a single adopter, the application of the adopter; or (iii) in the case of the death of both adopters, the application of the legal guardian; and (b) the payment of the prescribed fee; and (c) production of evidence that a notarial deed, as defined in the Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05], setting forth the change of surname has been registered in the Deed Registry; and (d) production of evidence that the change of surname has been advertised in the Gazette. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Registrar-General may register a change of surname of an adopted person without a notarial deed having been registered, if he is satisfied that— (a) the change of surname is for a lawful purpose; and (b) the change of surname is not being effected for purposes of fraud or misrepresentation; and (c) all other requirements in terms of subsection (2) have been fulfilled by the applicant. 72 Effect of adoption on marriage (1) With effect from the date of commencement of the Children’s Protection and Adoption Amendment Act, 2001, no marriage shall be contracted between an adopter and a person adopted by him. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) shall not affect the validity of a marriage contracted before it was amended by the Children’s Protection and Adoption Amendment Act, 2001.