ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
156. Preliminaries
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
156. Preliminaries
(1)No arrangement shall be commenced for the adoption of a child unless the child is at least six weeks old and has been declared free for adoption by the national adoption society or any other registered adoption society in accordance with this rules prescribed in that behalf.(2)It shall not be lawful for any person whether being a parent or guardian of a child or otherwise, or for an adoption society by whom arrangements for adoption of a child are made, to place a child into the care and possession or control of a person who proposes to adopt him, if an adoption order in respect of the child cannot be lawfully made in favour of that person.(3)Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to both.(4)The Cabinet Secretary may issue a moratorium on inter-country and residents adoptions where there is sufficient evidence to support the opinion that such adoptions or processes leading up to such adoptions are likely to be in contravention of the Constitution or any other law, or any international treaties or conventions to which Kenya is a party.(4A)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the moratorium issued before the enactment of subsection (4) shall be deemed to have been issued under this section.[Act No. 11 of 2017, Sch., Act No. 18 of 2018, Sch.]