CHILDREN ACT, 1929

Type Act

Publication 1929-07-24

Last updated 1941-06-03

State Repealed superseded text

Text As published

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1 amending act · 1941-06-03, CHILDREN ACT, 1941

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AN ACT TO AMEND SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 58 OF THE CHILDREN ACT, 1908. [24th July, 1929.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

1 Amendment of Section 58 (1) of the Children Act, 1908.

1.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 58 of the Children Act, 1908 shall be construed and have effect as if the following word and paragraph were inserted therein immediately after the paragraph lettered (g) now contained therein, that is to say:—

“or

(h) is found destitute and is not an orphan and his parents are or his surviving parent or, in the case of an illegitimate child, his mother is unable to support him.”

(2) The said sub-section (1) of section 58 of the Children Act, 1908, shall also be construed and have effect as if the following words were inserted therein at the end of the said sub-section, that is to say:—

“Provided also that the court shall not make an order that a child be sent to a certified industrial school on the grounds stated in paragraph (h) unless the child's parents consent or his surviving parent or, in the case of an illegitimate child, his mother consents to such order being made: Provided also that if an application is made to the Minister for Education by the parents or surviving parent or, in the case of an illegitimate child, the mother of a child committed on the grounds stated in the said paragraph (h) to a certified industrial school for the discharge from such school of such child, the said Minister shall, if satisfied that the persons or person making such application are or is able to support such child, order such discharge of such child.”

2 Short title and citation.

2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Children Act, 1929.

(2) The Children Acts, 1908 to 1913 and this Act may be cited together as the Children Acts. 1908 to 1929.

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