Section 18, The Adoption Act, 1989 Short title

(1) The Administrator and Registrar-General shall maintain at the office of the Administrator and Registrar-General a register to be called the Adopted Children Register in which shall be made such entries as may be directed to be made therein register by adoption orders but no other entries. (2) The Administrator and Registrar-General may by Public Notice make rules with respect to the Adopted Children Register and with respect to entries in the Register of Births relating to adopted persons and, in particular, rules with respect to amendment, and rectifications of the Adopted Children Register. (3) The Administrator and Registrar-General shall, in addition to the Adopted Children Register, keep such other Register and books and make such entries therein, as may be necessary to record and make Effect on fit person’s orders Adopted children register  Provision of certain payments Restriction on sending juvenile abroad for adoption traceable the connection between any entry in the Register of Births which has been marked “adopted" in pursuance of rules under this section, and any corresponding entry in the Adopted Children Register, but the Registers and books kept; under the provisions of this subsection shall not, nor shall any index thereof be open to public inspection and search, nor, except under any order by the Court, shall the Administrator and Registrar General furnish any person with any information contained in, or with any copy or extract from, such Registers or books.