Cap. 16 Art. 126Presumption that a person was conceived or born in wedlock: revocation of adoption decrees and cancellations in register.

(1) Where any person adopted by any one of the parents alone has subsequently become a person presumed to have been conceived or born in wedlock on the marriage of his parents, the competent court may, on the application of any of the parties concerned, revoke that decree.

(2) Where an adoption decree is revoked under this article, the Registrar of Courts shall cause the revocation to be communicated to the Director of the Public Registry who shall cause to be cancelled -

(a) the entry in the Adopted Persons Register relating to the adopted person; and

(b) the marking with the word "Adopted" of any entry relating to him in the register book of acts of birth, and a certified copy of any such entry as is referred to in paragraph shall be deemed to be an accurate copy only if both the marking (b) and the cancellation are omitted therefrom.