[Rev. 2012] Children CAP. 141 (2) Where a child is accommodated in any health institution for in-patient care the authorised officer who took the child shall forthwith notify the child’s parent, or guardian, or any person who has parental responsibility for the child concerned, or the Director or his representative. (3) Where it appears to any health institution or medical practitioner that any of the offences mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act have been committed against a child, the health institution or medical practitioner shall forthwith take such measures as shall be necessary to record and preserve any information with regard to the condition of the child in the manner that may be prescribed by the Minister in regulations made under this Part. (4) Any expenses incurred in connection with the medical treatment or hospital accommodation of a child under this section shall be defrayed out of public funds. 122. Determination as to child’s home, etc. Whenever a child is brought before a court as being in need of care and protection and the court determines that he has his home or, as the case may be, has been found within the area of jurisdiction of a particular local authority, such determination shall for the purposes of this Act, be final and conclusive: Provided that a court may, whenever it thinks it convenient so to do, remit any such case to another Children’s Court to be dealt with by that court, without prejudice, however, to the provisions of section 43. 123. Parent or guardian to be heard in any application (1) Where a child is brought before a court as being in need of care and protection, the court shall allow his parent or guardian or the person who has parental responsibility for such child to be heard on any application made in relation to the child. (2) Where the parent or guardian cannot be found or cannot, in the opinion of the court, be reasonably required to attend, the court may allow any relative or any other responsible person who knows or is known to the parents or any relative of the child to take the place of the parent or guardian for the purposes of this section. 124. Power of Director to take over application The Director of Public Prosecutions may authorise the Director at any stage in the proceedings under this Part, whether before, during or after the making of any application, to take over and assume the conduct of any application or proceedings in respect of a child: Provided that the Director of Public Prosecutions shall not be entitled to terminate any proceedings over which he has authorised the Director to assume control under this section without the leave of the court. [Act No. 12 of 2012, Sch.] 125. Power of court in respect of children in need of care and protection (1) A court before which any child in need of care and protection is brought may require an authorised officer or any other person to give a report or advise on any aspect of the proceedings. C15 - 57 [Issue 1]