ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
63. Establishment of children rescue centres
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
63. Establishment of children rescue centres
(1)The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Council and by notice in the Gazette, establish children rescue centres in every county for the temporary care of children in need of care and protection pending placement in alternative care or other interventions under the Act.(2)A child shall be accommodated in a children rescue centre for a period not exceeding six months pending any of the interventions specified in subsection (1).(3)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the Council, by notice in the Gazette designate such children’s institutions to operate as children rescue centres as the Cabinet Secretary may consider appropriate.(4)The children’s institutions referred to in subsection (3) shall not include police stations, remand homes or rehabilitation schools.(5)The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations to provide for the procedure and minimum standards to be adhered to before the approval of an application for designation as a children rescue centre under this section.(6)The Cabinet Secretary may collaborate with a county government for purposes of establishing a children rescue centre under subsection (1).(7)The placement of a child in a children rescue centre shall only be done in cases where no alternative care placement is for the time being available to the child.(8)A children rescue centre may admit a child to its care—(a)in an emergency situation and the child is referred to the centre by way of an interim care order or a care order; or(b)if the child is taken to the institution by an authorised officer or any person who has reasonable cause to believe that the child is in need of care and protection.