ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
37. Appointment of Director, Deputy Directors and Children’s Officers
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
37. Appointment of Director, Deputy Directors and Children’s Officers
(1)The Minister shall appoint a Director of Children’s Services and may also appoint one or more Deputy Directors of Children’s Services and such number of senior children’s officers and other officers as may be necessary to assist the Director in carrying out the purposes of this Act.(2)The Director may, subject to any regulations made by the Minister to the contrary, delegate to a Deputy Director or any children’s officer appointed under subsection (1), or any person as the Minister shall deem fit, authority to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on the Director under this Act.(3)Children’s officers shall perform the functions and exercise the powers conferred on them by this Act and shall, in addition, perform such duties as the Director may from time to time direct.