Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter

(1) No adopt shall be made after the commencement of this Act by or to a Hir except in accordance with the provisions contained in this Chap l and any adoption made in contravention of the said provisions be void.

(2) An adoption which is void shall neither create any rights the adoptive family in favour of any person which he or she co not have acquired except by reason of the adoption, nor destroy rights of any person in the family of his or her birth.