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Definitions.
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3.—In this Act—
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“adoption order” means an order under section 9;
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“the Board” means the body established by section 8;
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“child” means (save where the context otherwise requires) any person under twenty-one years of age;
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“guardian”, in relation to a child, means a person appointed, according to law, to be guardian of his person by deed or will or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
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“interim order” means an order under section 17;
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“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;
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“orphan” means a child whose parents are dead;
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“parent” does not include the natural father of an illegitimate child;
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“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section 5;
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“registered adoption society” means a body of persons entered in the Adoption Societies Register;
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“relative” means grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the whole blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, relationship to an illegitimate child being traced through the mother only.
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