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Restriction on making arrangements for adoption.
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34.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any body of persons to make or attempt to make any arrangements for the adoption of a child under seven years of age unless that body is a registered adoption society or a public assistance authority or for that purpose to retain a child in their custody or arrange to have him retained by any other person or body.
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(2) If any person takes any part in the management or control of a body of persons which exists wholly or in part for the purpose of making arrangements for adoption, and which is not a registered adoption society or a public assistance authority, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to both.
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(3) In any proceedings under this section, proof of things done or of words written, spoken, or published (whether or not in the presence of any party to the proceedings) by any person taking part in the management or control of a body of persons, or in making arrangements for adoption on behalf of the body, shall be admissible as evidence of the purpose for which that body exists.
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