Section 16, The Adoption Act, 1989 Short title

(1) An adoption order shall not have effect to make the adopted person amember of any clan, lineage or other group recognised under customary law and practice , but if the adopter is a person subject to customary law and practice, then as from the date , of the adoption order, the adopted person shall be a person subject to customary law and practice and all such rules of customary law and practice (including those relating to intestacy) as applied in the case of the adopter shall apply in the case of the adopted person . (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), a. person adopted under an adoption order shall not, after the date of the adoption order, be a person subject to customary law and practice and except as so provided, no rules of customary law and practice shall apply in his case. (3) In the case of a joint adoption by a husband and wife, references in this section to the adopter shall be taken as references to the husband PART III-MISCELLANEOUS