New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 18 December 1982
| Private Act | 1982 No 5 |
| Date of assent | 17 December 1982 |
| Commencement | 17 December 1982 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
An Act to discharge an adoption order made on 23 February 1966 in favour of Terehia Puru Papa formerly of Pakanae, widow, now deceased, as adoptive parent of Kevin Aroihi Timoko Papa
Whereas by adoption order made by the Magistrate's Court at Hamilton on 23 February 1966 Kevin Aroihi Timoko Papa of Opononi, workman, was legally adopted by Terehia Puru Papa formerly of Pakanae, widow, now deceased: And whereas the said Kevin Aroihi Timoko Papa was married to Vianney Clifton Tuinman of Opononi, solo parent, on 23 July 1982 at the Registry Office at Kaikohe: And whereas the said Vianney Clifton Tuinman is a grand-daughter of the said Terehia Puru Papa now deceased: And whereas by virtue of the provisions of the Adoption Act 1955 the said marriage is within the degrees of forbidden marriages set out in the Marriage Act 1955 and is accordingly null and void: And whereas while the said adoption order remains in force the said marriage will continue to be null and void: And whereas no legal grounds exist for obtaining a discharge of the said adoption order pursuant to the provisions of the Adoption Act 1955.
