Families And Children

Cap. 173 · Revised Edition 2020 · 155 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Guidelines
s. 4Child’s right to stay with parents
s. 5Duty to maintain a child
s. 6Parental responsibility
s. 7Harmful employment
s. 8Children with disabilities
s. 9Social enquiry reports
s. 10Interpretation of words used in this Part
s. 11Testamentary capacity of married child
s. 12Child executors and administrators
s. 13Capacity to take legal proceedings in certain cases
s. 14Rights of surviving parent as to guardianship
s. 15Power of father and mother to appoint testamentary guardians
s. 16Guardianship and custody of a child born to a single woman
s. 17Powers of child’s parents
s. 18Application to court for leave if joint guardians disagree
s. 19Powers of guardians
s. 20Court may make order as to custody
s. 21Power of court to remove or substitute guardian
s. 22Guardianship in case of divorce or judicial separation
s. 23Effect of separation deed between parents
s. 24Enforcement of orders for payment of money
s. 25Rules of court
s. 26Power of court as to production of child
s. 27Power of court to order repayment of cost of bringing up child
s. 28Court in making order to have regard to conduct of parent
s. 29Power of court as to child’s religious education
s. 30Principle on which questions relating to custody, upbringing, etc., of children are to be decided
s. 31Saving
s. 32Interpretation of phrases used in this Part
s. 33All children of equal status
s. 34Transitional provisions relating to wills, and other instruments and to intestacies
s. 35Presumptions as to parenthood
s. 36Protection of executors, administrators and trustees
s. 37Recognition of relationship for the purpose of succession to property
s. 38Evidence and proof of paternity
s. 39Instrument of acknowledgment may be filed with Registrar
s. 40Power of Supreme Court to make declaration of paternity
s. 41Court may direct that blood tests or DNA be taken
s. 42Consents, etc., required for taking of blood samples
s. 43Failure to comply with directions
s. 44Penalty for personating another, etc., for purpose of providing blood sample
s. 45Regulations relating to blood tests and other tests
s. 46Duty of Government to safeguard children
s. 47Duty to report infringements of child’s rights
s. 48Duty of man to maintain children
s. 49Duty of woman to maintain children
s. 50Duty of child to maintain parents
s. 51Burden of proof as to ability of child to maintain himself
s. 52Mode of compelling performance of duties imposed by this Act
s. 53Application for child maintenance order
s. 54Proceedings on hearing of complaint
s. 55Limitation of time for operation of order of maintenance
s. 56Cancellation of order in certain cases
s. 57Absconding to avoid liability for maintenance
s. 58Liability of husband to pay for spouse’s maintenance in mental hospital, etc
s. 59Orders in respect of persons in mental hospitals, etc
s. 60Proceedings for orders under section 59
s. 61Enforcement of order
s. 62Appeal to the Supreme Court
s. 63Collecting officer to be appointed for each district by magistrate
s. 64Power to order payments to be made through collecting officer
s. 65Attachment of pension or income
s. 66Notice of change of address
s. 67Limitation period not to apply to proceedings to enforce payment under order
s. 68Rules and forms
s. 69Recovery of payments in arrear
s. 70Duration of order
s. 71Continuance of payment in certain cases
s. 72Variation or revocation of maintenance orders
s. 73Power to remit arrears
s. 74Money to be paid to applicant or custodian
s. 75Appointment of custodian
s. 76Misapplying maintenance money
s. 77Maintenance during divorce, separation or nullity
s. 78Variation of custody
s. 79Interpretation in this Part
s. 80Application for summons
s. 81Procedure when application made before birth
s. 82Magistrate may make an order on father
s. 83Admission of paternity
s. 84Payment for child born to a single woman; to whom to be made
s. 85Father may apply for access to or custody of his child born to a single woman
s. 86Proceedings on application for declaration of parentage
s. 87Proof parentage
s. 88Prima facie and conclusive evidence of parentage
s. 89Effect of declaration of parentage
s. 90Custody of children
s. 91Appeals
s. 92Revocation of declaration of parentage
s. 93Penalties for parent being able but refusing to support a child
s. 94Continued neglect
s. 95Punishment for false charge of being father of child born out of wedlock
s. 96Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act to be applied
s. 97Appeal against affiliation order
s. 98Supervision and care orders
s. 99Social inquiry reports
s. 100Grounds for making a supervision or care order
s. 101Application for a supervision order
s. 102Duties of a supervisor while a supervision order is in force
s. 103Duration of a supervision order
s. 104Social services practitioner to enforce order
s. 105Requirements as to change of address and visits
s. 106Care order
s. 107Purpose of a care order
s. 108Duration of a care order
s. 109Duty to enforce a care order
s. 110Parental responsibility vested in person in charge of home or in foster parent
s. 111Special duties of the social services practitioner in relation to care orders
s. 112Interim supervision order and interim care order
s. 113Exclusion order
s. 114Enforcement of exclusion order
s. 115Search and production order
s. 116Removal of a child under emergency protection
s. 117Offence to remove a child from a place of safety without authority
s. 118Duty of social services practitioner to investigate
s. 119Requirements to disclose information
s. 120Medical examination of child
s. 121—
s. 122Conditions for foster-care placements
s. 123Minister to approve children homes
s. 124Purpose of approved children homes
s. 125Parental responsibility of warden of approved children home
s. 126Contact with parents and relatives
s. 127Removal of a child from approved children home
s. 128Recovery order
s. 129Application for a recovery order
s. 130Escape from approved children home
s. 131Court’s power to order parent or guardian to contribute
s. 132Rules for carrying this Part into effect
s. 133Interpretation in this Part
s. 134Power to make adoption orders
s. 135Restriction on making adoption order
s. 136Consent to adoption
s. 137Inter-country adoptions
s. 138Matters with respect to which court to be satisfied
s. 139Terms and conditions of order
s. 140Effect of adoption order
s. 141Interim orders
s. 142Power to make subsequent order
s. 143Restriction on receiving payments or rewards
s. 144Provisions as to existing de facto adoptions
s. 145Adopted Children Register
s. 146Rules of court
s. 147Regulations regarding births and deaths
s. 148Establishment of the National Committee for Families and Children
s. 149Functions and terms of reference of the Committee
s. 150Oversight powers of the Ministry
s. 151Attendance of child at hearing
s. 152Evidence given by, or with respect to children
s. 153Privacy for children involved in certain proceedings
s. 154Regulations
s. 155Repeals