The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1949 (Act no. 09/1949) repealed the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1935. It commenced on 7 November 1951. Its full title was “An Ordinance relating to the Adoption of Children”. This Ordinance was repealed by the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1964 (Act no. 67/1964), which commenced on 22 March 1967.