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SLB-2017-L-105133
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Child and Family Welfare Act 2016 (No. 3 of 2017).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Solomon Islands
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-02-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act sets out the framework for the care and protection of children, including those that are (or are at risk of) being exploited sexually or subject to hazardous labour. The definition of “hazardous or exploitive labour”, in relation to a child, includes any work that:
(a) is inappropriate for the child’s age; or
(b) is hazardous to the child’s physical or mental health; or
(c) impairs the child’s education and moral development.
Part 1 - Preliminary Matters
Part 2 - Objects and Principles of Act
Part 3 - Administration
Part 4 - Care and Protection of Children
Part 5 - General Offences
Part 6 - Miscellaneous Matters
Part 7- Consequential Amendments to the Adoption Act 2004
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
URL
http://www.paclii.org/
File
SOL105133.pdf (PDF)