The Children Act CAP 141▤
Non-discrimination
(1) No person shall discriminate against a child on the grounds of age, origin,sex, religion, creed, custom, language, opinion, co…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Best interests of the child
(1) In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, admini…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Name and nationality
(1) Every child shall have a right to a name and nationality and, as far aspossible, the right to know and be cared for by their p…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Survival and development of the child
(1) Every child shall have the right to life, survival, wellbeing, protection anddevelopment. (2) For the purposes of subsection (…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Realization of the rights of the child
(1) The State shall take measures to progressively achieve the full realizationof the rights of the child set out in this Part. (2…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Conflict of laws
(1) This Act shall prevail in the case of any inconsistency between this Act andany other legislation on children matters. (2) Des…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Objects of the Act
The objectives of this Act are to— (a) give effect to the provisions of Articles 27, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 53 of the Constitution…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "abandoned" in relation to a child, means a child— (a) who has been deserted b…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Children Act.
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