Children's Act 38 of 2005

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38 of 2005

The Children's Act 38 of 2005 intends:

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 the issuing of contribution orders;
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;
to create certain new offences relating to children; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.

1 July 2007, Sections 1 to 11, 13 to 21, 27, 30, 31, 35 to 40, 130 to 134, 305, 307 to 311, 313 to 315 and Schedule 4 (Gazette 30030 of 29 June 2007)
1 April 2010, remaining sections on (Gazette 33076 of 1 Apr 2010)

The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/ca2005104/ [Updated to 26 January 2018]

Repeals