Section 145: License to give child for inter-state adoption

(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may grant a license for a child to be transferred to a person, subject to such conditions and restrictions as he may think fit, authorising the care and protection of a child for whom inter-State adoption arrangements have been made.
(2) A license shall not be granted under subsection (1) this section unless the Minister is satisfied, as respects every person whose consent is required under Section 132 of this Act to the making of an adoption order for the child, that-
(a) the application for the license is made with the consent of that person; or
(b) the consent of that person can properly be dispensed with on any ground on which the Court could dispense with a consent to an adoption order under that section.
(3) A license shall not be granted under this section unless the Minister is satisfied-
(a) that the person to whom the care and possession of the child is proposed to be transferred is a suitable person, under the provision of this Act, to be entrusted with the child; and
(b) that the transfer is for the welfare and best interest of the child.
(4) The Minister shall, in granting a license under this section, give consideration to the wishes of the child having regard to the age and understanding of the child.