Section 129: Persons who may adopt

The following persons may apply for an adoption order-(a) a married couple where-
(i) each of them has attained the age of twenty-five years; and
(ii) there is an order authorizing them jointly to adopt a child; or
(b) a married person, if he has obtained consent of his spouse, as required under section 132 of this Act; or
(c) a single person, if he has attained the age of thirty-five years, provided that the child to be adopted is of the same sex as the person adopting; or
(d) in all cases specified in paragraphs (1), (b) and (c) of this section, the adopter or adopters shall be persons found to be suitable to adopt the child in question by the appropriate investigating officers.