Office Memorandum No. 3631/2020/TD of the Transport Department, Government of Tamil Nadu dated 9th April, 2020 on the placement of children for adoption [C1B-EYZ]

No. 3631/2020/TD

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

Transport Department, Government of Tamil Nadu

Chennai, dated the 9th April, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The placement of children for adoption by adoption agencies under the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Transport Department, Government of Tamil Nadu on the manner in which the placement of children for adoption by adoption agencies is to be regulated under the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959.

2. The matter has been examined. Every adoption agency carrying on the placement of children for adoption shall make an application in Form VI to the Registrar of Marriages within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the placement of children for adoption is undertaken, and the Registrar of Marriages shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Transport Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.

(Secretary to Government)