Child Act 2001
CHILD ACT 2001
AKTA KANAK-KANAK 2001
Act 611 · consolidated to 1 Jul 2023 · 148 pp
Socio-economic rights
This copy of the Act is 3 years old. Any amendment made since 1 July 2023 is not in this text. Check the AGC record for later amendments.
What this does to artists
Child performers. Anyone casting, filming or staging a child, and anyone putting a child on a channel, is inside this Act. It also carries the reporting duties that apply if a child on a production is at risk.
What to read first
Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself
s.17Meaning of child in need of care and protection
s.28Duty of member of the family
s.43Offences
s.14Court For Children may order placement detention, etc., to extend beyond the date child attains the age of eighteen years
Full arrangement of sections 154 sections · show / hide
Extracted from the AGC PDF on this page.
s.1Short title, application and commencement
s.2Interpretation
s.3Establishment of the National Council for Children
s.3AFunds
s.4Membership of the Council
s.4ARevocation and resignation
s.5Meeting of Council
s.5AResolutions without meeting
s.6Establishment of committees
s.6AVacation of office
s.7Establishment of Child Protection Teams
s.7AEstablishment of Child Welfare Teams
s.8Appointment and powers of Protectors
s.8AAppointment of Assistant Protector
s.9Appointment of Registrar General and Registrar
s.10Appointment of probation officers
s.11Constitution and jurisdiction of Court For Children
s.12Place of sitting and persons who may be present in Court For Children
s.13Period specified in any order made by Court For Children not to extend beyond the date child attains the age of eighteen years
s.14Court For Children may order placement detention, etc., to extend beyond the date child attains the age of eighteen years
s.15Restrictions on media reporting and publication
s.16Presumption as to age
s.17Meaning of child in need of care and protection
s.18Taking a child into temporary custody
s.19Production before Court For Children
s.20Child in need of medical examination or treatment
s.21Medical examination and treatment
s.22Authorization of hospitalization
s.23Control over hospitalized children
s.24Authorization of medical treatment
s.25Steps to be taken after medical examination or treatment
s.26No liability incurred for giving authorization
s.27Duty of medical officer or medical practitioner
s.28Duty of member of the family
s.29Duty of child care provider
s.29AInformation on children in need of care and protection
s.30Powers of Court For Children
s.31Ill-treatment, neglect, abandonment or exposure of children
s.32Children not to be used for begging, etc
s.33Offence to leave child without reasonable supervision
s.34Application and interpretation
s.35Notification of taking a child into care, custody or control
s.36Subsequent obligations
s.37Power of Protector to require child to be produced before him
s.38Meaning of child in need of protection and rehabilitation
s.39Removal of a child to place of refuge
s.39AInquiry by Protector
s.40Powers of Court For Children in relation to a child in need of protection and rehabilitation
s.41Children in urgent need of protection
s.42(Deleted) OFFENCES
s.43Offences
s.44Presumptions relating to section
s.45Placement pending proceedings
s.46Children beyond control
s.47Supervision by probation officer
s.48Unlawful transfer of possession, custody or control of child
s.49Importation of child by false pretences
s.50Examination of child and person in charge
s.51Protector may require security
s.52Offence of taking or sending out a child without appropriate consent of person having lawful custody
s.53Recovery order
s.53AMinister may approve centres
s.54Places of safety
s.55Places of refuge
s.55AAftercare of child released from place of refuge
s.56Child who escapes or is removed from place of safety or place of refuge
s.57Offence of removing or helping a child to escape from place of safety or place of refuge
s.58Places of detention
s.59Child who escapes or is removed from place of detention
s.60Offence of removing or helping a child to escape from place of detention
s.61Probation hostels
s.62Child under ten years of age not to be sent to probation hostel
s.62AAftercare of child released from probation hostel
s.63Child who escapes or is removed from probation hostel
s.64Offence of removing or helping a child to escape from probation hostel
s.65Approved schools
s.66Child under ten years of age not to be sent to approved school
s.67When a child can be sent to approved school
s.68Approved school order to be delivered to the authority, etc., who conveys child to the school
s.69Further detention in approved school beyond period of order
s.70Aftercare of child released from approved school
s.71Escape from approved school, etc., or failure to return to approved school after expiry of leave, etc
s.72Offence of removing or helping a child to escape from approved school
s.73Henry Gurney Schools
s.73ACommissioner General of Prison’s Standing Orders in respect of Henry Gurney School
s.74Child under fourteen years of age not to be sent to Henry Gurney School
s.75When a child can be sent to Henry Gurney School
s.76Power in respect of persons of eighteen years but under twenty-one years of age
s.77Power of Minister to remove person undergoing imprisonment to Henry Gurney School
s.78Power of Minister to remove child undergoing imprisonment to approved school or Henry Gurney School
s.79Power to substitute term of detention to term of imprisonment
s.80Transfer of child from one place of safety or place of refuge to another place of safety or place of refuge
s.81Child or person placed or detained to be subject to regulations
s.82Board of Visitors
s.83Criminal procedure for children to be in conformity with this Act
s.83AArrest
s.84Bail
s.85Separation of child from adult in police stations, places of detention or Courts
s.86Custody of child not discharged on bail after arrest
s.87Submission of information by police officer after arrest TRIALS
s.88Parent or guardian required to attend
s.89Parents or guardian may be required to withdraw
s.90Procedure in Court For Children
s.91Powers of Court For Children on proof of offence
s.92(Deleted)
s.93Parent or guardian to execute bond
s.94Power to order parent or guardian to pay fine, etc., instead of child
s.95Appeals
s.96Restrictions on order of imprisonment
s.97Sentence of death
s.97ACommunity service order
s.97BFailure to comply with community service order
s.97CCommission of further offence
s.97DEffects of community service order
s.97EAmendment of community service order
s.97FCourt to give copies of amending community service order to probation officer PROBATION
s.98When probation may be ordered
s.99Failure to comply with probation order
s.100Commission of further offence
s.101Effects of probation
s.102Amendment of probation order
s.103Discharge of probation order
s.104Court to give copies of amending or discharging order to probation officer
s.105Child placed in the care of fit and proper person
s.106Child who escapes or is removed from the care of fit and proper person
s.107Offence of removing or helping a child to escape from the care of fit and proper person
s.108Contribution by parent or guardian or other person
s.109Power of investigation
s.110Power to arrest without warrant
s.111Search by warrant
s.112Search without warrant
s.113Power to examine person
s.114Inspection
s.115Obstruction
s.116Protection of informers
s.117Power of Court For Children conferred on High Court
s.118Register
s.119Contents of Register
s.120Access to Register
s.121Offence in respect of Register
s.122Certificate of Registrar to be evidence
s.123Protection against suit and legal proceedings
s.124Public servant
s.125General penalty
s.126Institution and conduct of prosecution
s.127Service of document
s.128Power to make regulations
s.129Interpretation
s.130Repeal
s.131References to Juvenile Court, etc
s.132Continuance of Council, etc
s.133Continuance of rules, etc
s.134Institutions established or appointed
s.135Prevention of anomalies First Schedule Second Schedule
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