In case the adoptee was born outside of Puerto Rico, but was adopted in Puerto Rico, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health to transmit to the proper officer of the adoptee’s birth place, a certified copy of the decision issued by the court in the adoption case.\nThe Vital Statistics Registry shall keep a special registry for the registration of adoptions of persons born outside of Puerto Rico and adopted in Puerto Rico.\nHistory —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, added as § 21D on June 15, 1953, No. 84, p. 296, § 2; May 25, 1961, No. 19, p. 49, § 1.
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