Article 59 Prohibition on certain payments

any payment made to or received by an adoption agency in connection with the adoption of a child being a payment in respect of expenses reasonably incurred by the agency in connection with the adoption of the child;

any payment or reward the receipt or making of which is authorised by the court to which an application is made for an adoption order in respect of a child, or pursuant to any agreement, whether entered into before or after the making of the application, with respect to the receipt or making of any such payment or reward as may be so authorised;

any payment made by or on behalf of a registered adoption society in respect of the maintenance of a child who has been placed at the disposition of the society;

any payment made to a registered adoption society by the parent or guardian of a child or by any other person in respect of the maintenance of the child so long as the child is not with an adopter, being a payment made weekly and at a rate not exceeding such rate as may be prescribed.