ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Child Welfare Society of Kenya Order
4. Establishment of the Society
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
4. Establishment of the Society
(1)There is established a state corporation to be known as the Child Welfare Society of Kenya.(2)The Society shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which shall in its corporate name, be capable of-(b)taking, purchasing or otherwise acquiring, holding, charging or disposing of movable and immovable property;(c)borrowing or lending money;(d)entering into contracts; and(e)doing or performing such other things or acts necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Society under the Order and which may lawfully be done or performed by a body corporate.(3)The Society shall be the successor of the Child Welfare Society of Kenya a society exempted from registration under the Societies Act and approved as a society working for the purpose of care, protection and control of children vide Gazette Notice No. 1768 of 1955, and approved as an adoption society vide Gazette Notice No. 1356 of 1969 as read with section 200 of the Children Act (Cap. 141) and paragraph 9(1) of the Seventh Schedule to the Children Act (Cap. 141).(4)Subject to this Order, all the rights, duties, obligations, functions of care, protection and control of children, exemptions, assets and liabilities of the Child Welfare Society of Kenya existing immediately before the commencement of this Order shall be automatically and fully transferred to the Society.