(5) A local government council shall keep a register of disabled
children within its area of jurisdiction and give assistance to them whenever
possible in order to enable those children to grow up with dignity among
other children and to develop their potential and self-reliance.
(6) Each local government council shall provide assistance and
accommodation for any child in need within its area of jurisdiction who
appears to the committee to require assistance and accommodation as a result
of his or her having been lost or abandoned or seeking refuge.
(7) Each local government council shall make every effort, including
publication through the mass media, to trace the parents or guardians of any
lost or abandoned child or to return the child to the place where he or she
ordinarily resides; and where the committee does not succeed, it shall refer
the matter to a probation and social welfare officer or to the police.
11.
Duty to report infringement of child’s rights.
(1) Any member of the community who has evidence that a child’s
rights are being infringed or that a parent, a guardian or any person having
custody of a child is able to but refuses or neglects to provide the child with
adequate food, shelter, clothing, medical care or education shall report the
matter to the local government council of the area.
(2) The secretary for children’s affairs may, upon receiving the
report, summon the person against whom the report was made under
subsection (1) to discuss the matter; and a decision shall be made by the
secretary for children’s affairs in the best interests of the child.
(3) Where the person against whom the report was made refuses to
comply with the decision made under subsection (2), the secretary of
children’s affairs shall refer the matter to the village executive committee
court which shall adjudicate the matter and may—
(a) give any relief or order allowed by the law; and
(b) in the case of a parent, in addition to the reliefs or orders given
under paragraph (a), order the parent to execute a bond to
exercise proper care and guardianship by signing an undertaking
to provide the child with any or all of the requirements of the
child.
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