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(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the court may postpone the determination of the application and make an interim order giving the custody of the child to the applicant for a period not exceeding two years by way of probation and may attach such terms including provision for the maintenance, education and supervision of the child as it thinks fit.

(2) When making an interim order the court shall impose conditions that:

(a) the child shall be under the supervision of a probation officer or a social welfare officer; and

(b) the child shall not be taken out of Ghana without the permission of the court.

(3) The consent and the power to dispense with consent shall be the same for an interim order of adoption as for an adoption order.

(4) No interim order shall be made unless subsection 67 (3) has been complied with.

(5) An interim order shall not be considered to be an adoption order under this Sub-Part.