Childrens Act, 2005 |
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Childrens Act, 2005 |
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To give effect to certain rights of children as contained in the Constitution; to set out principles relating to the care and protection of children; to define parental responsibilities and rights; to make further provision regarding children’s courts; to provide for partial care of children; to provide for early childhood development; to provide for the issuing of contribution orders; to provide for prevention and early intervention; to provide for children in alternative care; to provide for foster care; to provide for child and youth care centres and drop-in centres; to make new provision for the adoption of children; to provide for inter-country adoption; to give effect to the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption; to prohibit child abduction and to give effect to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction; to provide for surrogate motherhood; and to create certain new offences relating to children; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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The Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been updated with Amendments to Regulations under Notice R.261 of 2010 - General Regulations Regarding Children, 2010, as per Notice No. R.4993 of GG50870, dated 26 June 2024.
The Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been updated by Amendments to the General Regulations Regarding Children 2010 under Notice R.261 of 2010, as per Notice No. 4059 of GG49659, dated 10 November 2023.
The Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been updated and amended by the Children’s Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 17 of 2022), sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8(a), (b), (c) and (d), 9, 10, 13 and 14 of the Act, as per Notice No. 1543 of GG47828, dated 5 January 2023 - effective 8 November 2023 per Proclamation 142 of GG49615 dated 8 November 2023.
The Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been amended by the Judicial Matters Amendment Act (Act No. 8 of 2017), Gazette No. 41018 and Notice No. 770, dated 2 August 2017.
The Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been amended by section 25 of the Legal Aid South Africa Act, 2013 (Act No. 39 of 2014), Government Gazette 38315, Notice No. 1013, dated 9 December 2014.
The Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) has been updated by Government Gazette 35476, dated 29 June 2012 - Notice R. 497; Amendment of General Regulations regarding Children.
The Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005) amended by Regulations relating to Children's Courts and International Child Abduction, Government Gazette 33067, Notice R. 250, dated 31 October 2010.
This Act has been added to the site, as published in Government Gazette No. 28944 dated 19 June 2006, and has been amended by the Children’s Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 41 of 2007), published in Government Gazette No. 30884 dated 18 March 2008.