CHILDREN’S PROTECTION AND ADOPTION ACT (as amended at 01 December 2002) 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Subsection amended by s. 27 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 28 of Act 23/2001. Paragraph amended by s. 29 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 29 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 29 of Act 23/2001. Section amended by s. 30 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 31 of Act 23/2001. Proviso inserted by s. 32 of Act 23/2001. Section amended by s. 33 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 34 of Act 23/2001. Section substituted by s. 35 of Act 23/2001 (date of commencement: 18th January, 2002). Previous wording was:72 Effect of adoption on marriage The adoption of a person— (a) shall not prohibit or permit a marriage between such person and any other person which would not have been prohibited or permitted if the adoption had not taken place: Provided that no marriage shall be contracted between an adopted child who is under the age of eighteen years and his adopter; (b) shall not exempt from criminal sanction any carnal intercourse between such person and any other person which would have been prohibited under criminal sanction if the adoption had not taken place. 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Subsection inserted by s. 36 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 36 of Act 23/2001. Part inserted by s. 37 of Act 23/2001. Part inserted by s. 37 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 38 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 39 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 39 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 40 of Act 23/2001. Subsection repealed by s. 41 of Act 23/2001. Section repealed by s. 42 of Act 23/2001. Paragraph amended by s. 43 of Act 23/2001. Subsection amended by s. 44 of Act 23/2001. Paragraph amended by s. 45 of Act 23/2001. Paragraph amended by s. 45 of Act 23/2001. Section repealed by s. 46 of Act 23/2001. Schedule repealed by s. 47 of Act 23/2001. 47