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Legal Procedure. - (1) The specialised adoption agency shall file the adoption petition in the court, having jurisdiction over the place where the specialised adoption agency is located, within seven days from the date of acceptance by prospective adoptive parents for obtaining the necessary adoption orders under the Act. (2) In case the child is from a children’s home which is located in another district, the specialised adoption agency shall file the adoption petition in the concerned court of that district. (3) The adoption petition shall contain all requisite documents as per Schedule-8. (4) The court will hold the adoption proceeding in-camera and dispose of the case within a period of two months from the date of filing of the adoption petition by the specialised adoption agency. (5) The specialised adoption agency shall obtain a certified copy of the adoption order from the court and will forward it to the prospective adoptive parents within ten days and it shall also post a copy of such order in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System and make necessary entries in Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System. (6) Registration of an adoption deed shall not be necessary. (7) The specialised adoption agency shall obtain the birth certificate of the child from the birth certificate issuing authority within ten days from the date of issuance of adoption order, with the name of adoptive parents, as parents, and date of birth as recorded in the adoption order.