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A-7 - Adoption Act
Section 44
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44. Any person other than a recognized adoption society who gives or receives, or agrees to give or receive, directly or indirectly, a payment, benefit or reward to obtain or procure the adoption of a child or to procure a child for any person or to contribute towards his being placed for adoption, is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary proceeding, in addition to payment of the costs, to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both penalties together.
This section shall not apply when a person related or allied to a child pays or agrees to pay sums of money for the care, maintenance or education of such child to the adopter or to any person with whom the child is placed for adoption.
