STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974
- Act 36 of 1974 - Royal Assent 14 October 1974Table of Provisions
Long TitlePART I - Preliminary
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 All children to be of equal status
- 4 Instruments executed and intestacies which take place before the commencement of this Act
PART II - Presumptions of parenthood and recognition of paternity
- 5 Presumption of parentage arising from marriage
- 6 Protection of executors, administrators, and trustees
- 7 Recognition of paternity
- 8 Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation
- 8A Presumption of parentage arising from registration of birth
- 8B Presumption of parentage arising from court findings
- 8C Presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgements
- 9 Instruments of acknowledgement filed with Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- 10 Declaration of parentage
PART III - Presumption of parenthood as a result of fertilization
proceduresPART IV - Medical procedures to determine parentage
- 11 Interpretation of Part IV
- 12 Application for order
- 13 Orders for parentage testing procedure
- 14 Additional orders
- 15 Guardian's consent
- 16 Immunity from liability
- 17 Reports
PART V - Miscellaneous
- 18 Application of Parts II and IV
- 19 Rebuttal of presumptions
- 20 Prevailing presumptions
- 21 Regulations SCHEDULE 1
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