ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
168. Inter-country reciprocity.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
168. Inter-country reciprocity.
(1)The Cabinet Secretary may enter into an agreement with the government of any other country or territory on such terms and conditions as the Cabinet Secretary may think fit, under which a child who has been ordered by a Court under the provisions of this Act to be sent to a rehabilitation school or other institution, or committed to the care of a fit person, may be received into that country or territory and placed in a rehabilitation school or other institution approved under the relevant legislation of that country or territory, or received into the care of a fit person or returned to his parent or guardian.(2)Any child who has been ordered under the provisions of this Act to be placed in a rehabilitation school or any other institution, or committed to the care of any person, may, while still subject to such order, by warrant signed by the Cabinet Secretary, be removed from the custody of such an institution or person into any other country or territory with which an agreement has been concluded under subsection (1), and placed in a rehabilitation school or other institution or placed in the care of a fit person, or of his parent or guardian, in accordance with the law for the time being in force in the country or territory authorising such placement, until the expiration of the order, or until such child is sooner released according to law.(3)An order of a Court of a country or territory with which an agreement has been entered into in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) which could lawfully have been made by a Court in Kenya if the person had been within its jurisdiction, shall upon the person being received in Kenya have the same effect and be enforceable as if the order had been made by a Court in Kenya.