CHILD'S RIGHT ACT

Section 147: Adopted parents, etc., prohibited from marrying adopted child

2003Section 147 of 278Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A marriage between a person who has adopted a child under this Act or a natural child of the person who adopted the child and the adopted child is hereby prohibited and any such marriage shall be null and void.
(2) A person who marries an adopted child in violation of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

Cite this section

Section 147, CHILD'S RIGHT ACT (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/child-s-right-act/section/147/