17. Transferred child leaving Singapore

(1)

Whenever a protector is of opinion that it is in the interest of any transferred child in respect of whom a bond has been executed under this Part that the child should be permitted to leave Singapore, the protector may grant such permission upon being supplied with such photographs as he may require and upon a bond or other security being given to his satisfaction that the person, in whose care, custody or control the child is, will bring the child before the protector whether within or without Singapore and within such period and at such destination as may be specified in the bond.

(2)

The giving of such further security shall not relieve any person who furnished security under this Part from any obligation under the conditions of the bond entered into other than the condition relating to departure from Singapore, until the child has left Singapore.

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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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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Read on from s 18