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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974

- Act 36 of 1974 - Royal Assent 14 October 1974

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 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

procedures
  • 10A Application of Part
  • 10B Interpretation
  • 10C Presumptions as to parenthood

PART 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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