CAP. 141 Children [Rev. 2012] (5) Where an adoption order is made by the court, the court shall cause the order to be communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar-General, and upon receipt of such communication, the Registrar-General shall cause compliance to be made with the directions contained in the order both with regard to marking an entry in the Register of Births with the word “Adopted” and in regard to making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register. Effect of Adoption Order 171. Rights and duties of parents and capacity to marry (1) Upon an adoption order being made, all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parents or guardians of the child in relation to the future custody, maintenance and education of the child, including all rights to appoint a guardian and to consent or give notice of dissent to marriage, shall be extinguished, and all such rights, duties, obligations and liabilities shall vest in and be exercisable by and enforceable against the adopter as if the child were a child born to the adopter inside marriage and in respect of the matters aforesaid the child shall stand to the adopter as a child inside marriage. (2) In any case where two spouses are the adopters, the spouses shall in respect of the matters aforesaid, and for the purpose of the jurisdiction of any court to make orders as to the legal custody and maintenance of and right of contact with children, stand to each other and to the child in the same relation as they would have stood if they had been the lawful father and mother of the child and the child shall stand to them in the same relation as to a lawful father and mother respectively. (3) For the purpose of any written law relating to marriage for the time being in force in Kenya, an adopter and the person whom he has been authorised to adopt under an adoption order shall be deemed to be within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity; and the provisions of this subject shall continue to have effect notwithstanding that some person other than the adopter is authorised by a subsequent order to adopt the same child. 172. Workmen’s Compensation For the purposes of the Workman’s Compensation Act (Cap. 236), a child whom a deceased workman has been authorised to adopt under the adoption order shall be deemed to be a member of the family of the workman, and an adopter shall be deemed to be the parent of a deceased child whom he has been authorised to adopt. 173. Orders and agreements in respect of child born outside marriage (1) Where an adoption order is made in respect of a child born outside marriage then subject to this section, any order, decree or agreement whereby the father of the child is required or has undertaken to make payments specifically for the benefit of the child shall cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the recovery of any arrears which are due under the decree, order or agreement at the date of the adoption order. [Issue 1] C15 - 80