Section 199 of The Children Act CAP 141: Variation of orders

(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...

Where any offence under any regulations made under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on...

The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations for the better carrying into effect the provisions of this Part, and, without prejudice to the generality of this section, for any of the following...

The Chief Justice may make rules of Court directing the manner in which applications may be made and judicial proceedings undertaken under this Part.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part II of the Criminal Procedure Code, aChildren’s Court may try a child for any offence except the offence of murder. (2) Reference to Subordinate Courts of...

(1) A police officer who arrests, serves a summons or issues with a written notice to child shall notify the parent or guardian of the child and the Secretary or an authorised officer within twenty...

(1) Subject to any rules or directions made or issued by the Chief Justice, where it appears to a court, other than a Children’s Court, at any stage of the proceedings that a child is charged before...

(1) A child offender has the right to privacy during arrest, the investigation ofthe offence and at any other stage of the cause of the matter. (2) A person shall not in the course of arrest,...

(1) A person under the age of twelve years shall not be criminally responsiblefor any act or omission. (2) A child who commits an offence while under the age of fourteen years shallbe presumed not to...

(1) Every child shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in proceedings affecting the child, either directly or through a representative. (2) Pursuant to the provisions of Article 50 of the...

(1) Institutionalization and detention of children in conflict with the law pending trial shall be used as a means of last resort, and detention pending trial shall, as far as is reasonably...

A child in conflict with the law may be subjected to either of the following processes— (a) diversion in accordance with this Act; or (b) judicial process in accordance with the Criminal Procedure...

(1) Every court in dealing with a child who is brought before it shall have regardto the best interests of the child and shall, in a proper case take steps for removing him or her from undesirable...

The objects of diversion shall be to— (a) make use of alternative methods of holding children accountable for their unlawful acts or omissions resulting in harm to other persons; (b) promote the...

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act or any other written law, any authorised officer or judicial officer dealing with any matter in which a child is suspected of, or charged with, the...

(1) A preliminary inquiry shall be held in respect of every child prior to plea in accordance with rules made under this section, except where the child is below the age of twelve years, or the matter...

If the age of a child is uncertain, the magistrate shall estimate the child’s age based on— (a) a previous determination of age by a magistrate under this Act or any other written...

(1) The Magistrate conducting the preliminary inquiry contemplated undersection 228 may apply any of the diversion options under this section to a child who is eligible for diversion. (2) There shall...

Upon ordering diversion, the magistrate conducting the inquiry or proceedings shall identify a children’s officer, a probation officer, or any other suitable person to monitor the child's compliance...

(1) If a child has been referred to appear at a family group conference, a children officer appointed by the magistrate conducting the inquiry shall, within at least fourteen days, but not more than...

The Children’s Court shall at the commencement of the proceedings in court, inform the child in a language that the child understands of— (a) the right to remain silent; (b) the right to have a...

The Chief Justice shall make Court rules of practice and procedure in diversion.

Every child accused of having violated any rule of law shall— (a) be promptly and directly informed of the charges against him or her; (b) be provided by the state with legal assistance in the...

(1) In dealing with a child brought before it, the Court shall have regard to thebest interest of the child, and shall take appropriate steps to remove the child from any undesirable surroundings, and...

(1) The words "conviction" and "sentence" shall not be used in relation to achild being dealt with by the Children’s Court. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), any reference in...

(1) No court shall order the imprisonment of a child. (2) Notwithstanding the nature of any offence punishable by death, no courtshall impose the death penalty on a child on a finding of guilty for...

(1) Where a child is tried for an offence, and the Court is satisfied as to their guilt, the Court may deal with the case in one or more of the following ways— (a) discharge the child under section...

If it appears to the Court on the evidence of a medical practitioner or professional counsellor that a child requires, or may benefit from, mental treatment or professional counselling, the Court may,...

(1) In any case where a child is charged with an offence for which a fine, compensation or costs may be imposed, and the Court is of the considered view that the case would best be met by imposition...

A special police unit shall be designated by the Inspector General to— (a) deal with children matters; (b) prevent and control child offences; (c) apprehend child offenders; (d) investigate child...

The Chief Justice may make rules of court directing the manner in which proceedings in respect of a child accused of having infringed any law shall be conducted.

(1) A person aggrieved by any act of the Secretary or an authorised officerin exercise of powers conferred by this Act may appeal to the Cabinet Secretary within fourteen days. (2) An appeal under...

The Council shall develop a code of conduct for its members and staff.

A person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is prescribed shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred...

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Cabinet Secretary may make regulations— (a) to prescribe anything that may be prescribed under this Act; or (b) generally for the better carrying out of...

(1) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament and County governments— (a) such sums on such conditions as the Cabinet Secretary may prescribe towards— (i) the expenses incurred by...

(1) The Children Act (No. 8 of 2001) is repealed. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the application of section 3 of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap. 2), the transitional...