Section 139: Adoption when corrective order is in force.

(1) A child may be adopted notwithstanding that a corrective order is in force in respect of the child.
(2) On the application for an adoption order being make in a case under subsection (1) of this section and on being satisfied that the adoption would be for the welfare and best interest of the child concerned, the Court shall suspend the corrective order so as to enable the applicant to have the child in his care for a period of at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the adoption order.