Infants Amendment Act 1957
Infants Amendment Act 1957
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Infants Amendment Act 1957
Infants Amendment Act 1957
Public Act |
1957 No 55 |
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Date of assent |
24 October 1957 |
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An Act to amend the Infants Act 1908
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Infants Amendment Act 1957, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Infants Act 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Unauthorised person not to receive infant
(1)
Section forty-one of the principal Act, as amended by subsection one of section forty-three of the Child Welfare Act 1925, is hereby further amended by repealing subsection one, and substituting the following subsection:
“(1)
It shall not be lawful for any person to receive or retain in his care or charge any infant for the purpose of nursing or maintaining it apart from its parents or guardians for a longer period than seven consecutive days, unless—
“(a)
The person is licensed under this Part of this Act as a foster parent; or
“(b)
The infant is lawfully in the home of the person for the purpose of adoption and the requirements of section six of the Adoption Act 1955 are being complied with.”
(2)
Subsection one of section forty-three of the Child Welfare Act 1925 is hereby consequentially repealed.
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