ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
84. Restriction on removal of a child where applicant has provided home for three years
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
84. Restriction on removal of a child where applicant has provided home for three years
(1)Where an application for a custody order in respect of a child made by the person with whom the child has, at the time the application is made, had his home for a period, whether continuous or not, of three years, no person shall be entitled, against the will of the applicant, to remove the child from the applicant’s custody except with the leave of the court.(2)Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to both.