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78. Effect of adoption. (1) Where the citizenship status or entitlement of a person is to be determined by reference to a parent or grand-parent and the person, or a parent of the person, was adopted under a law at any time in force in the country or any other place, the status o r entitlement shall be determined by reference to the natural parents or grand-parents, except that the Minister responsible for PNG National Legislation This is an official copy of the Legislation of PNG citizenship matters may, in his deliberate judgement (but subject to Division 4 ( Citizenship Advisory Committee )), allow an ado ptive parent or grand-parent to be taken into account where the result would be to recognize citizenship or the entitlement to citizenship. (2) In Subsection (1), a reference to adoption includes a reference to an adoption by custom .