14. Obligations subsequent to notification

(1)

When the transfer of a child has been notified and accepted under section 13, the person to whom the child has been transferred shall, if at any subsequent time —

(a)

he intends to return the child to the care, custody or control of his father, mother, legal guardian or other person from whom he obtained him;

(b)

he intends to take or send the child out of Singapore for a period of more than one month; or

(c)

without his knowledge or consent, the child has left his care, custody or control,report in person to a protector and shall, whenever practicable, bring or cause to be brought before the protector the transferred child and his father or mother or legal guardian or other person from whom he obtained him.

(2)

On receiving a report under subsection (1) the protector shall make a note thereof and shall, if the father, mother, legal guardian or such other person is believed to be in Singapore and was not present at the time of the report, send written information thereof to the last known place of abode of the father, mother, legal guardian or other person.

Terms defined in s 3

child
Defined · s 3
“child” means —(a)in the case of a person employed or engaged to take part in any public entertainment, a person under the age of 16 years; and(b)in any other case, a person under the age of 14 years;
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legal guardian
Defined · s 3
“legal guardian”, in relation to a child or young person, means a person lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of that child or young person;
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protector
Defined · s 3
“protector” includes the Director of Social Welfare, Assistant Directors of Social Welfare and such other persons as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be vested with all or any of the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon a protector by this Act or by any rules made thereunder;
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transferred child
Defined · s 3
“transferred child” means a child under the age of 14 years who is living apart from his natural father or mother but does not include a child —(a)who is living with a grandparent, a brother or sister by the whole or half blood, or a brother or sister of a deceased parent by the whole blood;(b)who being a female is over the age of 12 years and is married and is living with her husband or with a parent or grandparent of her husband;(c)who has been lawfully adopted in accordance with any written law relating to adoption and is living with the adopter;(d)who is living with a legal guardian;(e)who is living with a person other than his natural father or mother in pursuance of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction of Singapore or of Malaysia, or in pursuance of an order made under the provisions of this Act or the Women’s Charter or of any corresponding enactment of Malaysia or any part thereof;(f)who is an inmate of any orphanage, hospital, home or institution maintained by the Government, or of any place of safety; or(g)who is a boarder at a school registered under the Education Act or any corresponding enactment of Malaysia or any part thereof, or is regularly attending such a school and is living with a friend or relative of his natural father or mother or of his legal guardian or adopter, with the consent of the father, mother, legal guardian or adopter, as the case may be.
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Report

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