The Children Act CAP 141

Determination as to child’s home, etc.

(1) If a child in need of care and protection is brought before a Court, andthe Court determines that the child has a home in, or has been found in the local limits of, a particular county government entity concerned with matters relating to children, the Courts shall order that the child be accommodated in the facility operated by such entity.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Court may remit the case involving the child for determination by the Court within whose local jurisdiction the child has a home or was found.
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