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The law on adoption is regularly reviewed and amended. We will endeavour to make the latest act available. This is a large document and may take a while to load. Adoption is chapter 15:
You can go directly to the South African Government web page and search for the act:
We do not offer any legal advice on adoption nor are we an adoption agency.
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