Section 52Sec./Art. 52

Service of Decision. A certified true copy of the decision shall be served by the petitioner upon the Civil Registrar concerned within thirty (30) days. The Civil Registrar shall forthwith enter the rescission order in the register and submit proof of compliance to the NACC within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the order.

All the foregoing effects of rescission of adoption shall be without prejudice to the penalties imposable under the Revised Penal Code and special laws if the criminal acts are properly proven.