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CHAPTER 215 MINORS ARRANGEMENT
OF SECTIONS
PART I Prelinlilrah, SECTION 1.
Short title.
2.
Interpretation.
3.
Age of majority.
3A. Time at which a person attains
a particular
age.
PART II Guardianship
and Custody qjMinors
4.
Rights of surviving
parent as to guardianship.
5.
Power offather
6.
Powers of guardian.
7.
Any parent may apply to Court for order as to custody of a minor.
8.
Welfare of minor to be paramount to minor.
9.
Equal right of mother to apply to Court.
and motherto
appoint
testamentary
consideration
guardians.
in matters
10.
Powers of Court with respect to custody and maintenance
11.
Court may remove guardians.
12.
Custody provisions
13.
Disputes
14.
Enforcement
15.
Power of Court to refuse production
of child.
16.
Power of Court to order repayment child.
by parent
in separation
relating
of minors.
deed.
between joint guardians. of orders for payment
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Court in making order to have regard to conduct
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Court may order child, though not delivered up in such religion as he has right to require.
of parent.
to parent,
to be brought
PART III Mirrors ’ Contracts 19.
Contracts
by minors,
except for necessaries,
20.
No action to be brought
on ratification
to be void.
of minor’s contract.
PART IV Minors ‘Settlements 21.
Minor may make settlement
on marriage.
22.
Where minor dies under age, appointment
23.
Sanction
24.
Limit of age for Part IV.
to be void.
of Court to be given on petition.
PART V Sale of Minors ‘Estates 25.
Court may authorise
26.
Noticeof
27.
Moneys to be paid to Accountant-General purposes.
28.
Money to be invested pending
petitions
sale of minors’ lands. to be published
and persons may be heard.
application.
PART VI Miscellaneous 29.
Oath to be taken by guardian.
30.
Attorneys
31.
Rules.
ofguardians.
SCHEDULE
and applied
to certain
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CHAPTER 215 MINORS An Act relating to the guardianship, minors.
custody and property
of :izA;;f;: 1974.- 18. EP8’ 1979’-32.
[15th August,
19581 E;rence-
PART I PreZiminary
1. This Act may be cited as the Minors Act. 2. For the purposes of this Act “Court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof; “lands” includes all lands of any tenure, and all estates or interests in any lands, not being settled estates within the meaning of the Settled Estates Act: “minor” means a person who is not of full age; includes any person at law liable to maintain a “parent” child or entitled to his custody; “person” includes any school or institution.
Short
title.
Interpretation. L.N. 1681 1967.
Cap. 238.
3. (1) A person shall attain full age on attaining the age of $+$tnfty. 18 instead of on attaining the age of 21; and a person shall attain full age on the 23rd May, 1974l if he has at
that date already of21.
attained
the age of 18 but not the age
(2) The foregoing subsection applies for the purposes of any rule of law, and, in the absence of a definition or of any indication of a contrary intention, for the construction of “full age”, “infant”, “infancy”, “minor”, “minority” and similar expressions in (a) any statutory provision, whether passed or made before, on or after the 23rd May, 1974, and ‘Being
the date of the commencement
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(6) any deed, will or other instrument of whatever nature (not being a statutory provision) made on or after that date. (3) In any statute or statutory instrument where infancy or minority is defined, whether expressly or by necessary implication, by reference to the age of 21 years there shall be substituted a reference to the age of 18 years. (4) Notwithstanding any rule of law, a will or codicil executed before the 23rd May, 1974 shall not be treated for the purposes of this section as made on or after that date by reason only that the will or codicil is confirmed by a codicil executed on or after that date. Time at which a person attains a particular age.
3A. (1) The time at which a person attains expressed in years shall be the commencement anniversary of the date of his birth.
(2) This section applies only where the relevant anniversary falls on or after the 23rd May, 1974, and in relation to any enactment, deed, will or other instrument, has effect subject to any provision therein. PART
Guardianship Rights of
surviving parent as to guardianship.
a particular age of the relevant
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and Custody ofMinors
4. (1) On the death of the father of a minor, the mother, if surviving, shall, subject to this Act, be guardian of the minor, either alone or jointly with any guardian appointed by the father. (2) When no guardian has been appointed by the father, or if the guardian or guardians appointed by the father is or are dead or refuses or refuse to act, the Court may, if it thinks fit, appoint a guardian to act jointly with the mother. (3) On the death of the mother of a minor, the father, if surviving, shall, subject to this Act, be guardian of the minor, either alone or jointly with any guardian appointed by the mother. (4) When no guardian has been appointed by the mother, or if the guardian or guardians appointed by the mother is or
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are dead or refuses or refuse t
