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Registration and home study report for prospective adoptive parents for inter-country adoption. - (1) Any non-resident Indian, overseas citizen of India and foreign prospective adoptive parents, living in a country which is a signatory to the Hague Adoption Convention and wishing to adopt an Indian child, can approach the concerned authorised foreign adoption agency or the Central Authority, as the case may be, for preparation of their home study report and for further necessary action. (2) In case, there is no authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority in their country of residence, then the prospective adoptive parents shall approach the concerned Government department or Indian diplomatic mission in that country for the purpose. (3) The authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority or the concerned Government department or the Indian diplomatic mission, as the case may be, on completion of the home study report, shall register the application of the prospective adoptive parents in Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System in the format along with the required documents mentioned in Schedule – 5. (4) The seniority of the prospective adoptive parents shall be from the date of their registration in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System. (5) The home study report and other documents of the prospective adoptive parents referred to in this Chapter shall be scrutinized at Central Adoption Resource Authority in order to determine their eligibility or suitability. (6) Profiles of two children shall be referred to the authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority or Government department or Indian diplomatic mission, as the case may be, which may forward such profiles to the prospective adoptive parents concerned as per local rules. In case of a foreigner or overseas citizen of India, such profile of children shall be referred to the prospective adoptive parents. (7) The prospective adoptive parents may reserve one of the referred children within ninety six hours and the profile of the other child shall stand automatically withdrawn. (8) In case the prospective adoptive parents fail to reserve any of the children within ninety six hours, then the profiles of both the children stand automatically withdrawn. (9) As far as possible, preference of the prospective adoptive parents shall be taken into consideration when sending referrals to them. (10) If the prospective adoptive parents opt for one of the children shown, they shall accept the child by signing the child study report and medical examination report of the child within thirty days from the date of referral. (11) The child study report and medical examination report and photograph in original shall be sent by the specialised adoption agency to the concerned authorized foreign adoption agency or Central authority or the Indian diplomatic mission. (12) In case the prospective adoptive parents fail to accept the referred children within thirty days, then, the profile of the child will stand withdrawn to the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System and the seniority of those prospective adoptive parents will shift to the bottom of the list, who shall be given another opportunity to select a child when their turn becomes due. Provided that the registration of such prospective adoptive parents shall continue for two years from the date of registration. (13) If the prospective adoptive parents desire to visit the specialised adoption agency to see the child in person, before accepting him for adoption, such visit may be made after their adoption application is approved by Central Adoption Resource Authority, and the prospective adoptive parents can also get the medical examination report of the child reviewed by a medical practitioner of their choice. (14) The authorised foreign adoption agency shall forward the original documents of the prospective adoptive parents, as specified in Schedule-8, to the concerned specialised adoption agency. 74 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]