(a) If a parent does not consent to the adoption of his child the court shall order a copy of the petition and order thereon served on him and the child personally, if found in the Virgin Islands, and, if not, that a notice thereof be published once a week for three successive weeks in such newspaper as the court directs, the last publication to be at least four weeks before the time appointed for the hearing and in all cases a copy of the petition and order shall be served on the child. Like notice shall also be published when a child has no parent living and no guardian or next of kin in the Virgin Islands. The court may order such further notice as it deems necessary or proper.
(b) A parent who has not, before the hearing of a petition for the adoption of his child, had personal notice thereof, may, at any time within one year after actual notice, apply to the court for a hearing de novo and the court shall give such hearing and issue orders or judgment after such hearing as are warranted in such hearing de novo.