The Children Act CAP 141▤
Leave of absence from school
The manager of a rehabilitation school may, with the authority of the Secretary, grant leave of absence to any child accommodated…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Managers to admit children into rehabilitation school
The manager of a rehabilitation school shall admit into the school every child who is duly placed or transferred to the school or…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Rehabilitation schools to establish separate sections
(1) There shall be separate rehabilitation school classified for children in conflictwith the law in accordance with the needs and…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Establishment of rehabilitation schools
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, establish such number of rehabilitation schools as the Cabinet Secretary…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Establishment of children’s remand homes
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, establish such children’s remand homes as the Cabinet Secretary considers…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Deregistration of Child welfare programme
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 73, the Council may, on there commendation of the County Children Advisory Comm…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Review of child welfare programmes
(1) The County Children Advisory Committee shall, at the end of twelve months from the date of approval of a Child Welfare Program…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Duty to notify the Council
(1) A duly registered public benefit organisation or charitable children’s institution which intends to implement a child welfare…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Inspection of charitable children’s institutions
(1) The Secretary shall authorise an authorised officer to inspect a charitable children’s institution or any other premises which…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Secretary to monitor the well- being of children
(1) The Secretary shall establish appropriate mechanisms to facilitate theeffective periodic monitoring of the wellbeing of every…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Placement of children in a charitable children’s institution
(1) A Charitable Children’s Institution may admit a child to its care only if— (a) in an emergency situation, the child is referre…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Criteria for approval of programmes
(1) A Charitable Children’s Institution shall not administer any child welfareprogramme under this Act without the prior written a…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Change of user of institutions
(1) Any registered Charitable Children’s Institution may change user of theinstitution by making an application to the Council for…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Certain institutions not deemed to be Charitable Children’s Institutions
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a "Charitable Children Institution" does notinclude— (a) a rehabilitation school established by…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Overriding objectives of charitable children’s institutions
(1) The main objective for the establishment of charitable children’s institution shall be to provide family- based care for all c…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Manager and Staff of Charitable Children’s Institution
(1) A person operating a Charitable Children’s Institution shall appoint or designate− (a) a duly qualified person as the manager…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Charitable Children’s Institutions
(1) No person shall register or operate a Charitable Children’s Institution except as provided in law. (2) The Council shall— (a)…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Establishment of child protection units
(1) The Inspector-General shall establish child protection units in every policestation for the purposes of providing, on a tempor…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Establishment of children rescue centres
(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Council and by notice in the Gazette, establish children rescue centres…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
County government welfare schemes
A county government may, either by itself or jointly with other county governments, and in consultation with the Council, establis…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
The Role of County governments
(1) In the discharge of the functions specified in Part II of the Fourth Scheduleto the Constitution, every county government shal…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Annual Reports of the Council
(1) The Council shall, in each financial year, prepare and submit to the Cabinet Secretary its annual report containing— (a) the f…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Accounts and Audit
(1) The Council shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of accountof the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities o…
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The Children Act CAP 141▤
Financial year of the Council
The financial year of the Council shall be the period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth of June in each year.
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