Section 55, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) No person other than the Director-General or a personauthorised by the Authority shall be entitled to search the Register of Adoptions or an index relating to the Register of Adoptions which makes traceable an entry in the Register of Adoptions and no information from the Register of Adoptions or an index relating to a Register of Adoptions shall be given to any person except by order of the Authority or of a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) A court shall not make an order under subsection (1) or an order for the discovery, inspection, production or copying of any book, document or record of the Authority (or of any extract there from), or otherwise in relation to the giving or obtaining of information relating to the Register of Adoptions, unless it is satisfied that it is in the best interest of any child concerned to do so. 40 41 of adoptions. of foreign adoptions. Privacy of adoption records. PART XI – REGISTRATION OF DEATHS