ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
69. Duty to notify the Area Advisory Council
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
69. Duty to notify the Area Advisory Council
(1)Any charitable children’s institution which intends to implement a child welfare programme shall notify the Area Advisory Council and shall provide full information on the mode of operation and the specific objects of the programme.(2)The Area Advisory Council shall submit to the Director particulars of the proposed child welfare programme with recommendations.(3)The Director shall place before the Council all information on the proposed child welfare programme supplied by virtue of subsection (2), and the Council may approve or disapprove such programme or part of it taking into account the best interests of children.(4)Where the Council disapproves a programme or part of a programme by virtue of subsection (2), any person or organisation who proceeds with it or with the part that is disapproved shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings and to an additional one thousand shillings for each day that the disapproved programme remains in operation.