(1) No one shall effect adoption of
any of the following persons:
(a) One who has completed fourteen years of age,
(b) One who is the only son or daughter,
Provided that this provision shall not apply to the
circumstance referred to in sub-section (3) of Section 175.
(c) One who has been once adopted as a son or daughter,
Provided that this provision shall not apply
where the adoption is annulled according to law.
(d) One who is in higher degree of relationship than the
person adopting the son or daughter,
(e) One who is not a citizen of Nepal.
Provided that the provision of this clause shall
not apply to a non-resident Nepali citizen who has
obtained a foreign citizenship.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of
sub-section (1), if the person to be adopted is a person within the
relation of three generations or a son or daughter born to the exhusband
of the wife, that person may be adopted even though he or
she has completed fourteen years of age.
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