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Skweyiya AJ

merely a declaration that the impugned provisions are inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore invalid, but also the reading into the impugned provisions of words that will cure the constitutional defect.[1] Such an order would provide the first applicant with the legal basis upon which to adopt the siblings, effectively conferring on both the applicants equal parenting rights.


  1. The wording to be read into the impugned provisions as prayed for by the applicants appears in the order handed down by the High Court, see para 17.
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