CAP. 141
Children
[Rev. 2012]
3. A person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is detained in a
juvenile remand home or an approved school under the provisions of the repealed
Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 141) shall be deemed to be detained in a
children remand home or approved school for the purposes of the Act.
4. Every person in whose care and possession a child is placed under the
provisions of Part VI of the repealed Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 141)
shall within 90 days after the commencement of this Act apply for appointment as
a foster parent under section 148.
5. The Chief Inspector and inspectors of children appointed under section 54 of
the repealed Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 141) shall be deemed to be
the Director of Children’s Services and Children’s Officers, respectively, for the
purposes of the Act.
6. The local authorities appointed by the Minister under section 58 of the repealed
Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 141) shall continue to be appointed local
authority for the purposes of this Act.
7. A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act is an approved
officer under section 64 of the repealed Children and Young Persons Act (Cap.
141) should continue to be an approved officer for the purposes of this Act.
8. The Adopted Children Register maintained by the Registrar-General under
section 13 of the Adoption Act (hereinafter referred to as “the repealed Adoption
Act”) shall continue to be the Adopted Children’s Register for the purposes of this
Act.
(1) An adoption society other than a local authority approved under section
23 of the repealed Adoption Act shall continue to be an adoption society for the
purposes of this Act.
(2) The Minister shall, forthwith on the commencement of this Act arrange
for the transfer of the functions of any local authority as an adoption society as
appropriate adoption society.
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
[Section 68.]
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF AN INSPECTION COMMITTEE
(a) Inspect rehabilitation schools, children’s remand homes and
charitable children’s institutions.
(b) Visit the institutions or cause them to be visited.
(c) Interview any child in the premises or institution.
(d) Interview the manager and any staff member in the premises.
(e) Inspect the conditions and facilities provided by the institution or
manager of the premises.
(f) Make recommendations on closure, improvement, and remedial
requirements and relocation of children housed in the institution
inspected.
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