Section 54, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) Where, on application to the Authority in that behalfin relation to an adoption effected outside Sierra Leone, being an application made by the person who was the subject of the adoption or a person by whom the person was adopted pursuant to the adoption or any other person having an interest in the matter and the Authority is satisfied that the adoption is a foreign adoption to which this Act applies, a Registration Officer authorised in that behalf by the Authority shall enter the required particulars relating to the adoption in the Register of Adoptions in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Authority, (2) A person making an application under this section shall furnish the Authority with such information as it may reasonably require and the information shall be in such form as may be specified by the Authority. (3) An error in an entry in the Register of Adoptions may be corrected by a Registration Officer authorised in that behalf by the Director-General or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (4) A document purporting to be a copy certified by the Authority or an officer authorised in that behalf by the Authority to be a true copy of an entry in the Register of Adoptions shall be evidence of the fact that the adoption to which it relates is a foreign adoption and have been effected by a valid adoption order made on the date specified in the document. (5) A document purporting to be a copy certified by the Authority or an officer authorised in that behalf by the Authority to be a true copy of an entry in the Register of Adoptions shall, on application by a person to the Authority in that behalf and on payment to the Authority of the prescribed fee, be furnished to the person by an officer authorised in that behalf by the Authority.