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Section 86: Where to Apply for Adoption in Uganda

86.Jurisdiction

(1)An application for an adoption order may be made—

(a)to a chief magistrate's court within the jurisdiction of which the applicant or the child resides where both the child and the applicant are citizens of Uganda; and

(b)to the High Court where the child or the applicant is not a citizen of Uganda, and the court may, subject to this Act, grant the application.

(2)A child need not be a Ugandan to be adopted under this Act.

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You have the right to apply for adoption in Uganda. If you and the child are both Ugandan citizens and live in the same area, you apply to the Chief M...

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