Duty of Government to safeguard children

(1) It is a general duty of the Government, (a) to safeguard and promote the welfare of children; and (b) to mediate in any situation where the rights of a child are infringed upon and especially with regard to the protection of a child, the child’s health and education, and the child’s succession rights to the property of his (2) The Department shall keep a register of disabled children and shall provide assistance and accommodation for any disabled child in need who appears to require such assistance and accommodation as a result of having been lost or abandoned or seeking refuge. 38