Section 163 of The Children Act CAP 141: Escape from children’s remand home or rehabilitation school

Any person who willfully and knowingly— (a) aids or induces a child— (i) to run away from a fit person, a charitable children’s institution, children remand home or a rehabilitation institution or...

(1) If a Children’s Court is satisfied by information on oath that there arereasonable grounds for believing that a child has escaped or done any of the things specified in section 163, and that some...

(1) Where a person appears before any Court for the purpose of givingevidence, and it appears to the Court that the accused, the victim or complainant to whom the proceeding relates is under eighteen...

Where a Court makes an order placing a child under the care of a rehabilitation school, the court shall not make a contribution order requiring a parent or guardian of the child to contribute any sums...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may enter into an agreement with the government of any other country or territory on such terms and conditions as the Cabinet Secretary may think fit, under which a child who...

The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code with respect to bonds for good behaviour, including the provisions as to their enforcement, shall apply to bonds entered into under this Part.

(1) The overriding objectives of foster care placement are— (a) to protect and nurture children in need of care and protection by providing a safe, healthy environment with wholesome support; (b) to...

(1) In this Part, "foster care" includes— (a) placement of a child in foster care on short term basis for a period not exceeding three years— (i) in situations of emergency; (ii) where the child is...

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a child may be placed under foster care either on the direct intervention of the Secretary or pursuant to an order of the Court, and such placement shall, in the...

(1) Any person wishing to foster a child shall make an application to the Secretary in the prescribed form. (2) On receipt of the application referred to in subsection (1), the Secretary shall...

(1) Any of the following persons may apply to be appointed a foster parent or foster parents— (a) spouses of a marriage where one or both the spouses are between twenty-five and sixty-five years of...

The Secretary shall not authorize foster care placement of a child if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the application has not been done following the procedure set out in rules...

Not more than four children may be placed in foster care with a single person or two persons in the same household, except where— (a) the children are siblings or blood relatives; or (b) the...

(1) A person shall not, for the purposes of fostering a child, retain in his care andcustody a child whose parent, custodian or guardian cannot be readily identified, without first notifying the...

(1) The Secretary may, on the application of a foster parent or the parentor guardian of a child, direct that an agreement be made between the foster parent and the parent or guardian of a child...

(1) Any foster care placement made under this Part may be terminated on the written direction of the Secretary if the termination is, in the Secretary’s opinion, in the best interest of the...

A person who, without reasonable cause, contravenes any of the provisions of this Part commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or to...

The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Part.

The Chief Justice may make court rules of procedure and practice in matters relating to foster care placement.

(1) Subject to this Act, the High Court may, on an application made in the prescribed form, make an order, in this Act referred to as "adoption order", authorising an applicant to adopt a...

(1) A person shall not commence any arrangements for the adoption of a child unless— (a) the Council, in accordance with the rules, has declared the child free for adoption; and (b) the child has...

(1) Any child who is resident within Kenya may be adopted whether or not the child is a Kenyan citizen, or was born in Kenya. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), no Court may...

(1) The Court may make an adoption order on application by— (a) a sole applicant; or (b) two spouses jointly. (2) The Court shall not make an adoption order in any case unless— (a) the applicant...

(1) The Court may dispense with any consent required under section 186(8) paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) if the Court is satisfied that—(a) in the case of the parent or guardian of the child, the parent...

(1) Where an application is made for an adoption order, the Court shall, eitherof its own motion or on application by any party to the proceedings, make an order appointing a fit person to be guardian...

(1) Where an application for an adoption order is pending in Court— (a) any person who has consented to the adoption shall not be entitled, except with leave of the Court, to remove the child from...

(1) A person who is a biological parent of a child in respect of whom an adoption order has been granted by a Court may apply to the Court for review of the order for adoption on grounds...

The Court may make an adoption order in respect of a child on the joint application of two spouses who are not citizens or residents of Kenya, in this Act referred to as an "inter-country adoption",...

The requirements of section 191 shall apply to adoption by— (a) citizens of Kenya who are not ordinarily resident in Kenya; (b) citizens of Kenya who have dual citizenship, but who are not ordinarily...

(1) A kinship adoption order may only be made in favour of a relative of the child. (2) The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations to give effect to this Part.

(1) Before making an adoption order, the Court shall inquire into and be satisfied on evidence before it that— (a) every person whose consent is required under this Part, which consent has not been...

(1) At the time of making an adoption order in a domestic or inter-countryadoption, the Court may, either of its own motion or on application by the adopter or joint adopters, appoint a guardian of...

(1) The Court may make an adoption order or an interim adoption order inrespect of a child who has previously been the subject of an adoption order under this Act or any other written law in any...

If the Court declines to make an adoption order, the Court may make such order in respect of parental responsibilities over the child as the Court may consider fit.

Any person aggrieved by an order of the Court relating to an application for an adoption order, or an order relating to parental responsibility over a child made under this Part, may appeal to the...

(1) The Court which makes an adoption order may, on the application of the adopter, vary the order to correct any defect in the particulars contained therein and direct that the varied order be lodged...

(1) The Registrar shall maintain an Adopted Children Register and shall makesuch entries as the court may direct. (2) A certified copy of an entry in the Adopted Children Register that is sealedor...

(1) Every adoption order made by the Court shall contain a direction to the Registrar to make an entry in the Adopted Children Register in the prescribed form. (2) For the purposes of compliance with...

(1) Upon an adoption order being made, all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the biological parents in case of a first adoption or adoptive parents in case of subsequent adoption or...

For the purposes of the Work Injury Benefits Act, a child whom a deceased employee had been authorised to adopt under an adoption order shall be deemed to be a member of the family of the employee,...

(1) Where an adoption order is made in respect of a child previously committedto the care of foster parents, a voluntary children’s institution, a children’s institution, or a rehabilitation school by...

(1) Where at any time after the making of an adoption order the adopter or the adopted child or any other person dies intestate in respect of any movable or immovable property, the property shall...

(1) For the purpose of the application of any written law for the time being in force relating to the devolution of any property in accordance with section 205, and for purposes of the construction of...

(1) Where a child has been adopted, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, in any place, and the adoption is one to which this section and other written laws apply, the adoption shall...

(1) No adoption agency, institution, individual or public officer may make or facilitate the making of any arrangements for the adoption of a child under this Act unless the agency or institution is...

(1) A person or association, whether incorporated or unincorporated) shall notwillfully and without lawful justification take part in or facilitate the adoption of a child unless the association is...

The functions of an adoption society shall be— (a) to make such inquiries and investigations, and to cause such reports as shall be prescribed or as the Court may direct, to be obtained for the...

(1) A member or officer of an adoption society, and a person having any official duty under or being employed in the administration of this Act, shall regard and deal with all documents and...

(1) Subject to subsection (2)— (a) any adopter or any parent or guardian of a child who receives any payment or other reward in consideration of the adoption of a child under this Act; or (b) any...

(1) A person shall not knowingly publish or cause to be advertised any matter indicating that— (a) a parent or guardian of a child wishes to give up the child for adoption; (b) a person wishes to...