Category: Nigeria


  • Section 46 Child’s Right Act Section 46 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Disclosure of whereabouts, etc. of children who may be in need of emergency protection. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) Where it appears to a court making an emergency protection order that adequate information as to…

  • Section 45 Child’s Right Act Section 45 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Duty of a State Government to investigate. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) Where a State Government‐(a) is informed that a child who lives, or is found, in the State‐(i) is the subject of an emergency…

  • Section 44 Child’s Right Act Section 44 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Children taken into police protection in cases of emergency. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) Where the specialised children police in a State has reasonable cause to believe that a child is otherwise likely to suffer…

  • Section 43 Child’s Right Act Section 43 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Duration of emergency protection orders, etc. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) An emergency protection order shall have effect for such period, not exceeding nine days, as may be specified in the order. (2) Where the…

  • Section 42 Child’s Right Act Section 42 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Emergency protection orders. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) A State Government or an appropriate authority may apply to the Court for an emergency protection order with respect to a child and the Court may make…

  • Section 41 Child’s Right Act Section 41 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Child assessment orders. It is under Part IV (Protection of Children) of the Act. (1) A State Government or an appropriate authority may apply to the Court for a child assessment order with respect to a child and the Court may make…

  • Section 40 Child’s Right Act Section 40 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Application of Criminal Law provisions. It is under Part III (Miscellaneous) of the Act. Any person in any other law securing the protection of the child, whether born or unborn, shall continue to apply and is hereby adopted for the protection of…

  • Section 39 Child’s Right Act Section 39 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Removal of jurisdictional limitation of magistrates, etc. It is under Part III (Miscellaneous) of the Act. Notwithstanding any jurisdictional limitation on the powers of a Magistrate’s Court and any other court in relation to the imposition of fines or terms of imprisonment…

  • Section 38 Child’s Right Act Section 38 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Power of Court to order forfeiture, etc. It is under Part III (Harmful Publication) of the Act. (1) The Court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under section 35 or 36 of this Act may order for…

  • Section 37 Child’s Right Act Section 37 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Power to issue warrant of arrest, summons, search, etc., for harmful publications. It is under Part III (Harmful Publication) of the Act. (1) Where an information is brought before a court that a person has committed or is suspected of committing an…