Section 15, The Adoption Act, 1989 Short title

(1) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 13 and 14, trustees or personalrepresentatives may convey or distribute any real or personal property to or among the persons entitled thereto without having ascertained that no adoption order has been made by virtue of which any person is or may be entitled to any interest therein, and shall not be liable to any such person of whose claim they have not had notice at the time of the conveyance or distribution, but nothing: in this subsection shall prejudice the right of any such person to follow the property, or any property representing it, into the hands of any person other than a purchaser without notice, who may have received it. No. 9 Adoption (2) Where an adoption order is made in respect of a person who has been previously adopted, the previous adoption shall be disregarded for the purposes of Sections 13 and 14, in relation to the devolution of any property on the death of a person dying in testate after the date of the subsequent order, and in relation to any disposition of property made after that da te.