Cap. 16 Art. 125Registration of adoptions.

(1) Every adoption decree shall contain a direction to the

Director of the Public Registry to make in the Adopted Persons Register (established by article 269 of this Code) an entry in accordance with Form H set out in Part II of the First Schedule to this Code and (subject to the provisions of the next following sub-

article) shall specify the particulars to be entered under the headings in columns 2 to 7 of that form.

(2) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of the last foregoing sub-article -

(a) where the precise date of the birth of the person to be adopted is not proved to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the decree as the date of his birth;

(b) where the country and place of birth of the person to be adopted are not proved to the satisfaction of the court, then, if it appears probable that that person was born in Malta, he shall be treated as having been born in Malta, and in any other case the particulars of the country of birth may be omitted from the decree and from the entry in the in the Adopted Persons Register;

(c) the term "sex" shall also include the term "gender" and the court shall only include the term "sex" in the decree, and the surname to be specified in the decree as the surname of the person to be adopted shall be the surname adopted in accordance

*The provisions of Act XXIII of 2017 came into force on the 1st of September,