Section 37Sec./Art. 37

Civil Registry Record. An amended certificate of birth shall be issued by the civil registry, pursuant to the Order of Adoption, attesting to the fact that the adoptee ss the child of the adopter by being registered with the adopters surname. The original birth record shall be stamped cancelled with the annotation of the issuance of an amended birth certificate in its place and shall be sealed in the civil registry records. The new birth certificate to be issued to the adoptee shall not bear any notation that it is an amended issue.