Circumstances Person or persons whose consent is required

1. Where both parents are living:

(a) if parents living together: both parents;

(b) if parents are divorced or separated by order of court or by agreement: the parent to whom the custody of the minor is committed by order of any court or by the agreement, or, if the custody of the minor is so committed to one parent during part of the year and to the other parent during the rest of the year, both parents;

(c) if one parent has been deserted by the other: the parent who has been deserted;

(d) if both parents have been deprived of custody of minor by order of court: the person to whose custody the minor is committed by order of court.

2. Where one parent is dead:

(a) if there is no other guardian: the surviving parent;

(b) if a guardian has been appointed by the deceased parent: the surviving parent and the guardian if acting jointly, or the surviving parent or the guardian if the parent or guardian is the sole guardian of the minor.