Ο περί Παιδίων Νόμος - ΚΕΦ.352

Ο περί Παιδίων Νόμος - ΚΕΦ.352 ΠΑΓΚΥΠΡΙΟΣ ΔΙΚΗΓΟΡΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ CyLaw | Αναφορικά μ'εμάς | Επικοινωνία Κατάλογος Ενοποιημένης Νομοθεσίας Ο περί Παιδίων Νόμος (ΚΕΦ.352) Περιεχόμενα Πλήρες Κείμενο Εκτύπωση Ιστορικό Τροποποιήσεων ΚΕΦ.352 83(I)/1999 143(I)/2002 64(I)/2007 62(I)/2011 47(I)/2013 181(Ι)/2014 166(I)/2025 Συνοπτικός τίτλος 1. Ο παρών Νόμος θα αναφέρεται ως ο περί Παιδίων Νόμος. ΚΕΦ.352 PART I PRELIMINARY Interpretation 2. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires- “child” means a person under the age of eighteen years; “Court” means a member of a District Court of competent jurisdiction; “Director”- (a) where the child concerned professes the Christian faith, means the Greek Chief Welfare Officer and includes his duly authorized agent; and (b) where the child concerned professes the Moslem faith, means the Turkish Chief Welfare Officer and includes his duly authorized agent; “guardian” means a person appointed by a will or by order of a Court of competent jurisdiction to be guardian of a child; “hospital” means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness or mental defectiveness, any maternity home, and any institution for the reception and treatment of persons during convalescence or persons requiring medical rehabilitation, and includes clinics, dispensaries and out-patient departments maintained in connection with any such institution or home as aforesaid, and “hospital accommodation” shall be construed accordingly; “parent”- in relation to a child adopted in pursuance of any enactment, means the person or persons by whom he was adopted, to the exclusion of his natural parents; in relation to a child who is illegitimate, means his mother, to the exclusion of his father; “place of safety” means any remand home, work-house, or police station, or any hospital, surgery, or any other place approved by the Director, the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a child; “public place” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Criminal Code or by any Law amending or substituted for the same; “relative” means a grand-parent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, and in case of an illegitimate child, a person who would be so related if the child were legitimate. ΚΕΦ.352 PART II CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE Power of the Director to provide for orphans, deserted children, etc. 3.-(1) Where it appears to the Director with respect to a child appearing to him to be under the age of sixteen- (a) that he has neither parent nor guardian or has been and remains abandoned by his parents or guardian or is lost; or (b) that his parents or guardians are, for the time being or permanently, prevented by reason of mental or bodily disease, or infirmity or other incapacity or any other circumstances from providing for his proper accommodation, maintenance or upbringing and there is no available person or persons capable, fit or willing to undertake the care of such child; and (c) in either case, that the intervention of the Social Welfare Department under this section is necessary in the interests of the welfare of such child, it shall be lawful for the Director to receive the child into his care under this section. (2) Where the Director has received a child into his care under this section it shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, be his duty to keep the child in his care so long as the welfare of the child appears to him to require it and the child has not attained the age of eighteen. (3) Nothing in this section shall authorize the Director to keep a child in his care under this section if any parent or guardian desires to take over the care of the child and the Director shall, in all cases where it appears to him to be consistent with the welfare of the child so to do, endeavour to secure that the care of the child is taken over either- (a) by a parent or guardian of his; or (b) by a relative or friend of his, being, where possible, a person of the same religious persuasion as the child or who gives an undertaking that the child will be brought up in that religious persuasion. ΚΕΦ.352 Assumption by the Director of parental rights 4.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Director may assume with respect to any child in his care under section 3 in whose case it appears to him- (a) that his parents are dead and that he has no guardian; or (b) that a parent or guardian of his (hereinafter referred to as “the person on whose account the assumption was required”) has abandoned or neglected him or suffers from some permanent disability rendering the said person incapable of caring for the child, or is of such habits or mode of life as to be unfit to have the care of the child, that all the rights and powers which the deceased parents would have if they were still living or, as the case may be, all the rights and powers of the person on whose account the assumption was required, shall vest in the Director. (2) In the case of an assumption made by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), unless the person on whose account the assumption was required has consented in writing to the making of the assumption, the Director, if the whereabouts of the said person are known to him, shall forthwith after the making of the assumption serve on him notice in writing of the making thereof; and if not later than one month after such notice is served on him, the person on whose account the assumption was required serves a notice in writing on the Director objecting to the assumption, the assumption shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), lapse on the expiration of fourteen days from the service of the notice of objection. Every notice served by the Director under this subsection shall inform the person on whom the notice is served of his right to object to the assumption and of the effect of any objection made by him. (3) Where a notice has been served on the Director under subsection (2) the Director may, not later than fourteen days from the receipt by him of the notice, complain to the Court of the District in which the child is in care, and in that event the assumption shall not lapse by reason of the service of the notice until the determination of the complaint, and the Court may, on the hearing of the complaint, order that the assumption shall not lapse by reason of the service of the notice: Provided that the Court shall not so order unless satisfied that the child had been, and at the time when the assumption was made, remained, abandoned, or neglected by the person who made the objection or that person is unfit to have the care of the child by reason of unsoundness of mind or mental deficiency or by reason of his habits or mode of life. (4) A notice under this section may be served by post but suitable evidence of posting must be provided and any notice served by the Director under subsection (2) shall not be duly served by post unless it is sent in a registered letter. ΚΕΦ.352 Effects of assumption of parental rights by the Director 5.-(1) While an assumption made by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 4 is in force with respect to a child, all rights and powers which the deceased parents would have if they were still living shall, in respect of the child, be vested in the Director in accordance with the assumption. (2) While an assumption made by virtue of paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1) of section 4 is in force with respect to a child, all rights and powers of the person on whose account the assumption was required shall, in respect of the child, be vested in the Director in accordance with the assumption and subsection (3) of section 3 shall not in respect of the child apply in relation to the person on whose account the assumption was required. (3) An assumption under section 4 shall not prevent the Director from allowing, either for a fixed period or until the Director otherwise determines, the care of the child to be taken over by, and the child to be under the control of, a parent, guardian, relative or friend in any case where it appears to the Director to be for the benefit of the child. (4) Where an assumption under section 4 is in force in respect of a child and the child has ceased to be in the care of the Director, the Director shall have power to receive the child back into his care in any circumstances in which it appears to him that his intervention under this subsection is necessary in the interests of the welfare of the child. (5) Where the Director receives a child into his care under subsection (4) of this section the provisions of this Law shall apply as if the child had been received into his care under section 3. (6) An assumption made under section 4 shall not relieve any person from any liability to maintain or contribute to the maintenance of the child. (7) An assumption under section 4 shall not authorize the Director to cause a child to be brought up in any religious creed other than that in which he would have been brought up but for the assumption. (8) Any person who knowingly- (a) assists or induces or persistently attempts to induce a child to whom this subsection applies to run away; or (b) harbours or conceals a child to whom this subsection applies who has run away, or prevents him from returning to the place from which he has run away, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding .150 or to both such imprisonment and fine. This subsection applies to any child in the care of the Director under section 3 in whose case an assumption is in force under section 4, being a child for whom accommodation (whether in a Children’s Home, foster home or otherwise) is being provided by the Director in pursuance of Part III and references in this subsection to running away shall be construed as references to running away from a place where accommodation was or is being so provided. ΚΕΦ.352 Duration and rescission of assumptions under section 4 6.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part an assumption under section 4 shall continue in force until the child with respect to whom it was made attains the age of eighteen. (2) An assumption under section 4 may be rescinded by the Director if it appears to him that the rescinding of the assumption will be for the benefit of the child. (3) On complaint being made- (a) in the case of an assumption made by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 4 by a person claiming to be a parent or guardian of the child; (b) in the case of an assumption made by virtue of paragraph (b) thereof by the person on whose account the assumption was required, the Court where the complainant resides, if satisfied that there was no ground for the making of the assumption or that the assumption should in the interest of the child be determined, may by order determine the assumption and the assumption shall thereupon cease to have effect: Provided that the Court may, in lieu of determining the assumption, order that either for a fixed period or until the Director so determines, the Director shall allow the care of the child to be taken over by, and the child to be under the control of, the complainant. ΚΕΦ.352 Application of preceding provisions to children already subject to orders of the Court 7.-(1) The reception of a child into his care by the Director under section 3 and the making of an assumption with respect to him under section 4 shall not affect any supervision order or probation order previously made with respect to such child by any Court. (2) Where an order of any Court is in force giving the custody of a child to any person, the foregoing provisions of this Part shall have effect in relation to the child as if for references to the parents or guardians of the child or to a parent or guardian of his there were substituted references to that person. (3) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to reform school orders and orders under the Juvenile Offenders Law committing children to the care of fit persons, that is to say- (a) where a reform school order comes into force with respect to a child in the care of the Director under section 3 he shall thereupon cease to be in the care of the Director under that section and any assumption made under section 4 in force with respect to such child shall thereupon cease to have effect; (b) no assumption under section 4 shall be made with respect to a child while an order is in force committing him to the care of a fit person under the Juvenile Offenders Law; (c) save as aforesaid the provisions of subsection (2) shall apply as if the order were an order giving the custody of the child to the person responsible for the reform school or the person to whose care he was committed by the order, as the case may be. ΚΕΦ.352 Children becoming certifiable as mental patients 8. If a child who is in the care of the Director, under section 3, comes under the control of any person or authority by reason of his adjudication as a mental patient he shall thereupon cease to be under the care of the Director; but where, immediately before he comes under the control of a person or authority as aforesaid, an assumption under section 4 is in force with respect to him, the rights and powers conferred on the Director by the assumption shall, so long as the assumption is in force, continue to be exercisable by the Director so however that the said rights and powers shall not be exercisable against the person or authority having control of the child or so as to interfere with anything done by the said person or authority with respect to the child. ΚΕΦ.352 Meaning of “parents or guardian” 9. Save as expressly provided in section 7, any reference in this Part to the parents or guardian of a child shall be construed as a reference to all the persons who are parents of the child or who are guardians of the child. ΚΕΦ.352 Duty of parents to maintain contact with the Director having their children in care 10.-(1) The parent of a child who has not attained the age of sixteen and is in the care of the Director under section 3 shall secure that the Director is informed of the parents’ address for the time being. (2) Any parent who knowingly fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .25. ΚΕΦ.352 PART III TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN CARE OF THE DIRECTOR Scope of Part III 11. This Part relates to the powers and duties of the Director in relation to children received by him into his care under section 3 or section 64 of this Law and to children who by an order of any Court under the Juvenile Offenders Law have been committed to his care as a fit person and references in this Part to a child in the care of the Director are references to a child for the time being in the care of the Director under section 3 or section 64 of this Law or for the time being committed as aforesaid to the care of the Director as a fit person. ΚΕΦ.352 General duty of the Director 12.-(1) Where a child is in the care of the Director it shall be the duty of the Director to exercise any powers with respect to him so as to further his best interests and to afford him opportunity for the proper development of his character and abilities. (2) In providing for a child in his care the Director shall make such use of facilities and services available for children in the care of their own parents as appears to the Director to be reasonable in his case. ΚΕΦ.352 Mode of provision of accommodation and maintenance 13.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section the Director shall discharge his duty to provide accommodation and maintenance for a child in his care- (a) by boarding him out on such terms as to payment by the Director and otherwise as the Director may, subject to the provisions of this Law and Regulations thereunder, determine; or (b) where it is not practicable or desirable for the time being to make arrangements for boarding out, by maintaining the child in a Children’s Home provided under this Part or by placing him in a voluntary home the managers of which are willing to receive him. (2) A child in the care of the Director who is over school age may be accommodated and maintained in any hostel which is wholly or mainly intended for persons who are over school age but have not attained the age of twenty-one. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Director from making use, in the case of any child of any such facilities and services as are referred to in subsection (2) of section 12, and for that purpose arranging for his accommodation and maintenance in any suitable manner not specified in the foregoing provisions of this section. (4) Where under this section the Director provides for a child by maintaining him in a home or hostel not provided by the Director, the terms whether as to payment by the Director or other matters upon which the child is so maintained shall be such as, subject to the provisions of this Law, may be agreed between the Director and the persons providing the home or hostel. ΚΕΦ.352 Regulations as to boarding out 14.-(1) The Governor may, by Regulations under this Law, make provisions for the welfare of children boarded out by the Director under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 13. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), Regulations under this section may provide- (a) for the recording, by the Director, of information relating to persons with whom children are boarded out as aforesaid and persons who are willing to have children so boarded out with them; (b) for securing that children shall not be boarded out in any household unless that household is for the time being approved by the Director as may be prescribed by the Regulations; (c) for securing that where possible the person with whom any child is to be boarded out is either of the same religious persuasion as the child or gives an undertaking that the child will be brought up in that religious persuasion; (d) for securing that children boarded out as aforesaid and the premises in which they are boarded out will be supervised and inspected by the officers of the Welfare Department, and that the children will be removed from those premises if their welfare appears to require it. ΚΕΦ.352 Power of the Director to provide homes 15.-(1) The Director may support or provide, equip and maintain Children’s Homes for the accommodation of children in his care. (2) The Director may discharge his functions under the foregoing provisions of this section by making arrangements with other authorities or local bodies for the provision of homes for children in his care and such arrangements may contain provisions for grants-in-aid or for the Director to contribute to the other authorities or local bodies for the children in their care. (3) The Governor may make Regulations as to the exercise by the Director of his functions under this section and the conduct of homes provided thereunder and for securing the welfare of the children in the homes, and Regulations under this subsection may in particular- (a) impose requirements as to the accommodation and equipment to be provided in homes and as to the medical arrangements to be made for protecting the health of the children in the homes; (b) impose requirements as to the facilities which are to be given for children to receive a religious upbringing appropriate to the persuasion to which they belong; (c) require the approval of the Director to the construction, acquisition or appropriation of buildings with a view to the use thereof for the purposes of homes or to the doing of anything (whether by way of addition, diminution or alteration) which materially affects the buildings or grounds or other facilities or amenities available for children in the homes; (d) provide for consultation with the Director as to applicants for appointment to the charge of a home and empower the Director to prohibit the appointment of any particular applicant therefor, except in the cases (if any) in which the Regulations dispense with such consultation by reason that the person to be appointed possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Regulations; (e) contain provisions for limiting the period during which children may remain in accommodation provided for the temporary reception of children, and may contain different provisions for different description of cases and as respects different descriptions of homes. ΚΕΦ.352 Accommodation of children in voluntary homes 16.-(1) Notwithstanding any agreement made in connection with the placing of a child in a voluntary home under this Part, the Director may at any time, and shall, if required to do so by the managers of the home, remove the child from the home. (2) No child in the care of the Director shall be placed for more than two months in a voluntary home which does not afford facilities for him to receive a religious upbringing appropriate to the persuasion to which he belongs. ΚΕΦ.352 Power of the Director to arrange for the emigration of Children in his care 17.-(1) The Director may, with the consent of the Governor, procure or assist in procuring the emigration of any child in his care. (2) The Governor shall not give his consent under this section unless he is satisfied that emigration would benefit the child and that suitable arrangements have been or will be made for the child’s reception and welfare in the country to which he is going, that the parents or guardians of the child have been consulted or that it is not practicable to consult them and that the child consents: Provided that, where a child is too young to form or express a proper opinion on the matter, the Governor may consent to his emigration notwithstanding that the child is unable to consent thereto in any case where the child is to emigrate in company with a parent, guardian or relative of his or is to emigrate for the purpose of joining a parent, guardian, relative or friend. (3) The expression “parents or guardian” in subsection (2) shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 9. ΚΕΦ.352 Burial of deceased children 18.-(1) The Director may cause to be buried the body of any deceased child who immediately before his death was in the care of the Director. (2) Where the Director exercises the powers referred to in subsection (1) he may, if at the time of his death the child had not attained the age of sixteen years, recover from any parent of the child any expenses incurred by him under subsection (1). (3) Any sums recoverable by the Director under subsection (2) shall, without prejudice to any other method for the recovery thereof, be recoverable as a civil debt. (4) Nothing in this section shall affect any enactment regulating or authorizing the burial of the body of a the recovery thereof, be recoverable as a civil debt. ΚΕΦ.352 Provision of hostels for persons under twenty-one 19. The Director may provide hostels for persons- (a) who are over twelve years of age but have not attained the age of twenty-one; (b) who are, or have been at any time after ceasing to be of twelve years of age, in the care of the Director, for their accommodation near the place where they may be employed, or seeking employment or in receipt of education or training. ΚΕΦ.352 Power of Director to defray expenses of parents, etc., visiting children or attending funerals 20. The Director may make payments to any parent or guardian of or other person connected with a child in his care in respect of travelling, subsistence or other expenses incurred by the parent, guardian or other person in visiting the child or attending his funeral if it appears to the Director that the parent, guardian or other person would not otherwise be able to visit the child or attend the funeral without undue hardship. ΚΕΦ.352 PART IV CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OF CHILDREN Contribution in respect of children in the care of the Director 21.-(1) The Director shall arrange with the father and mother or the person who was the legal guardian of a child prior to him being taken into care by the Director for a contribution according to their means towards the maintenance of the child who is in the care of the Director. (2) Where an agreement cannot be reached or is not being complied with the Director shall complain to the Court of the District in which the person liable to contribute resides, and the Court may make an order for the payment according to the means of the person towards the maintenance of the child. (3) No order for the payment of maintenance by a father or mother or person who was legal guardian before the child was received by the Director shall be made where the child has attained the age of sixteen years. (4) A person in care who has attained the age of sixteen years and is engaged in remunerative full-time work shall be liable to make contributions in respect of himself and where no agreement can be reached or is not being complied with the Court of the District in which the person resides may make an order for the payments of an appropriate amount according to means. (5) A contribution order made under this section shall remain in force as long as the child is in the care of the Director provided that a person contributing may at any time apply to the Court of the District in which he resides for the order to be amended or discharged on the grounds that his circumstances have changed since the order was made. ΚΕΦ.352 Contribution in case of illegitimate children 22. Where an illegitimate child is received into care by the Director under section 3 or as a fit person under the provisions of the Juvenile Offenders Law, the Director may apply to the Court within whose area the putative father resides for the payment, directly to the Director, of such amount by way of maintenance of such child as the Court may direct. ΚΕΦ.352 PART V VOLUNTARY HOMES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Definition of voluntary homes 23. In this Part the expression “voluntary home” means any home or other institution for the boarding, care and maintenance of children not being a registered school or recognized medical institution and not being carried on by, or on behalf of, the Director. ΚΕΦ.352 Registration of voluntary homes 24.-(1) After the expiration of three months from the date of the commencement of this Law no voluntary home shall be carried on unless it is registered under this Law in a register to be kept for this purpose by the Director. (2) Application for registration under this section shall be made by the persons carrying on or intending to carry on the home to which the application relates and shall be made in such a manner and accompanied by such particulars as may be prescribed by Regulations. (3) On an application duly made under subsection (2)- (a) if the home to which the application relates was at the commencement of this Law open for the reception of children the application shall be granted; (b) in any other case the Director may either grant or refuse the application as he thinks fit but where he refuses the application he shall give the applicant notice in writing of the refusal. (4) Where at any time after the expiration of three months from the date of the commencement of this Law it appears to the Director that the conduct of any voluntary home is not in accordance with Regulations made or directions given under section 26 or is otherwise unsatisfactory he may, after giving to the persons carrying on the home not less than thirty days notice in writing of his proposal so to do, remove the home from the register. (5) Any person who carries on a voluntary home in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .250 and to a further fine not exceeding .25 in respect of each day during which the offence continues after conviction. (6) Where- (a) a voluntary home is carried on in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1); or (b) notice of a proposal to remove a voluntary home from the register is given under subsection (4), the Director may be required on the authority of the Governor to remove forthwith from the home and receive into his care under section 3 all or any of the children for whom accommodation is being provided in the home notwithstanding that the time for any appeal under section 25 has not expired or that such an appeal is pending. For the purpose of carrying out the duty of the Director under this subsection any person authorized by him may enter any premises in which the home in question is being carried on. (7) Any notice under this section required to be given by the Director to the persons carrying on or intending to carry on a voluntary home may be given to those persons by being delivered personally to any one of them or being sent by post in a registered letter to them or any one of them. ΚΕΦ.352 Appeals 25.-(1) Where under section 24 application for the registration of a voluntary home is refused or it is proposed to remove a voluntary home from the register, the persons intending to carry on or carrying on the home, as the case may be, may within fourteen days from the giving of the notice under subsection (3) or subsection (4) of that section appeal against the refusal or proposal; and where the appeal is brought against a proposal to remove a home from the register the home shall not be removed therefrom before the determination of the appeal. (2) An appeal under this section shall be brought by notice in writing addressed to the Director requiring him to refer the refusal or proposal to the Court within the District in which the voluntary home is situated. (3) On an appeal under this section the Court may confirm the refusal or proposal of the Director or may direct that the home shall be registered or, as the case may be, shall not be removed from the register and the Director shall comply with any direction of the Court. ΚΕΦ.352 Regulations as to the conduct of voluntary homes 26.-(1) The Governor may make Regulations as to the registration and the conduct of voluntary homes and for securing the welfare of the children therein and Regulations under this section may in particular- (a) prescribe anything which is required or permitted under this Part to be prescribed; (b) impose requirements as to the accommodation and equipment to be provided in homes, authorize the Director to give directions prohibiting the provision for children in any home of clothing of any description specified in the directions and impose requirements as to the medical arrangements to be made for protecting the health of the children in the homes; (c) require the furnishing to the Director of information as to the facilities provided for the parents or guardians of children in the home to visit and communicate with the children and authorize the Director to give directions as to the provisions of such facilities; (d) authorize the Director to give directions limiting the number of children who may at any one time be accommodated in a particular home; (e) provide for consultation with the Director as to applicants for appointment to the charge of a home and empower the Director to prohibit the appointment of any particular applicant therefor except in the cases (if any) in which the Regulations dispense with such consultation by reason that the person to be appointed possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Regulations; (f) require notice to be given to the Director of any change of the person in charge of the home; and (g) impose requirements as to the facilities which are to be given for children to receive a religious upbringing appropriate to the persuasion to which they belong, and may contain different provisions for different descriptions of homes. (2) Where any Regulation under this section provides that this subsection shall have effect in relation thereto, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the Regulation or any requirement or direction thereunder shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .250. ΚΕΦ.352 After-care of children formerly in the care of the Director or voluntary organizations 27. Where it comes to the knowledge of the Director that there is a child over twelve years of age who at the time when he ceased to be of that age or at any subsequent time was but is no longer- (a) in the care of the Director under section 3; or (b) in the care of a voluntary organization, then, unless the Director is satisfied that the welfare of the child does not require it, he shall be under a duty so long as the child has not attained the age of eighteen years to advise and befriend him: Provided that if the Director is satisfied that the voluntary organization has the facilities for advising and befriending the child then he may make arrangements for the voluntary organization to do this. ΚΕΦ.352 PART VI NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS Registration of nurseries and child-minders 28.-(1) The Director shall keep registers- (a) of premises, other than premises wholly or mainly used as private dwellings, where children are received to be looked after for the day or a substantial part thereof or for any longer period not exceeding six days; (b) of persons who for reward receive into their homes children under the age of six to be looked after as aforesaid. (2)(α) Τηρουμένων των διατάξεων του παρόντος Μέρους, αίτηση για την εγγραφή Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού υποβάλλεται στο Διευθυντή από το πρόσωπο που προτίθεται να ιδρύσει και να λειτουργήσει τον Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό σε καθορισμένο έντυπο συνοδευόμενο από έγγραφα που καθορίζονται στο έντυπο αυτό το οποίο καθορίζεται στο Πρώτο Παράρτημα: Νοείται ότι, στις περιπτώσεις που ο αιτητής είναι νομικό πρόσωπο ή σώμα ή ομάδα προσώπων, με ή χωρίς νομική προσωπικότητα, η αίτηση για εγγραφή υποβάλλεται από τον εξουσιοδοτημένο αντιπρόσωπο του νομικού προσώπου, σώματος ή ομάδας προσώπων και πρέπει να κατονομάζεται στην αίτηση για εγγραφή το φυσικό πρόσωπο το οποίο θα εκτελεί χρέη διευθυντή του Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού. (β) Κάθε αίτηση για εγγραφή Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμου υποβάλλεται στο Διευθυντή από το πρόσωπο το οποίο, έναντι αμοιβής, προτίθεται να φροντίζει παιδιά στο σπίτι του όπως αναφέρεται στην παράγραφο (β) του εδαφίου (1) του άρθρου 28, σε καθορισμένο έντυπο και συνοδευόμενο από τέτοια έγγραφα όπως καθορίζονται στο Δεύτερο Παράρτημα. (γ)(i) Για κάθε αίτηση που υποβάλλεται για εγγραφή Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού ή Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμου αποστέλλεται το ταχύτερο προς τον αιτητή βεβαίωση παραλαβής στην οποία αναφέρεται η προθεσμία εξέτασης της αίτησης όπως αυτή καθορίζεται στην παράγραφο (ε) και σε περίπτωση που υπολείπονται απαραίτητα έγγραφα για την εξέταση της αίτησης, παράθεση των εγγράφων που ελλείπουν και τα οποία θα πρέπει να υποβληθούν μέσα σε καθορισμένη προθεσμία που καθορίζεται στη βεβαίωση αυτή. (ii) Σε περίπτωση που δεν προσκομιστούν τα ελλείποντα έγγραφα εντός της καθορισμένης προθεσμίας, ο χρόνος που καθορίζεται στην παράγραφο (ε), εντός του οποίου πρέπει να εξεταστεί η αίτηση, αναστέλλεται μέχρι την προσκόμιση των απαιτούμενων εγγράφων. (δ) Σε περίπτωση που ο Διευθυντής κρίνει ότι αίτηση για εγγραφή Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού ή Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμου πληροί τις  προϋποθέσεις του άρθρου 29 και του Διατάγματος που εκδίδεται δυνάμει αυτού, εγγράφει τον Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό ή τον Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμο σε μητρώο και εκδίδει πιστοποιητικό για την εγγραφή αυτή. (ε) Κάθε αίτηση που υποβάλλεται εξετάζεται μέσα σε τέσσερις μήνες και η προθεσμία αρχίζει από τη χρονική στιγμή της υποβολής όλων των απαιτουμένων εγγράφων. (στ) Σε περίπτωση που ο Διευθυντής δεν απαντήσει εντός της προθεσμίας που προβλέπεται στην παράγραφο (ε), η άδεια δεν θεωρείται ως χορηγηθείσα. (3) The Director may refuse to register any premises if he is satisfied that any person employed or proposed to be employed in looking after children at the premises is not a fit person to look after children or, where the premises were not at the commencement of this Law in use for the reception of children as menioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), if the Director is satisfied that the premises are not fit to be used for that purpose. (4) The Director may refuse to register any person if he is satisfied that that person or any person employed or proposed to be employed by him in looking after children is not a fit person to look after children or that the premises in which the children are received or proposed to be received are not fit (whether because of the condition thereof or for any reason connected with other persons therein) to be used for the purpose. ΚΕΦ.352 62(I)/2011 Εξουσία επιβολής όρων σε σχέση με έγγραφή 29.-(1)(α) Στην περίπτωση που ο Διευθυντής προτίθεται να εγγράψει Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό ή Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμο με βάση το άρθρο 28, δύναται να επιβάλει όρους που αφορούν στη συμμόρφωση του αιτητή με τις διατάξεις του εδαφίου (4) του παρόντος άρθρου και με οποιεσδήποτε προϋποθέσεις περιλαμβάνονται σε διατάγματα που εκδίδονται με βάση το εδάφιο αυτό· (β) o Διευθυντής ορίζει τριμελή Επιτροπή Αξιολόγησης με προκαθορισμένους όρους εντολής, οι οποίοι περιλαμβάνουν συγκεκριμένα κριτήρια αξιολόγησης των αιτητών ως Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμων, καθώς και όλων των εγκεκριμένων Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμων σε θέματα που σχετίζονται με την πείρα, τις ικανότητες και τις δεξιότητές τους ως προς το αντικείμενο εργασίας· (γ) κάθε πρόσωπο που εργάζεται ή προτίθεται να εργαστεί ως Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμος πρέπει να έχει συμπληρώσει το δέκατο όγδοο (18ο) έτος της ηλικίας του και να είναι ηλικίας μικρότερης της συντάξιμης, όπως αυτή καθορίζεται στον περί Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων Νόμο, όπως αυτός εκάστοτε τροποποιείται ή αντικαθίσταται: Νοείται ότι στα πρόσωπα τα οποία έχουν ήδη εγκριθεί και εργάζονται ως Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμοι και είναι ηλικίας μεγαλύτερης της συντάξιμης, όπως αναφέρεται στην παράγραφο (γ) του παρόντος εδαφίου, θα δοθεί χρονικό περιθώριο ενός (1) έτους από την ημερομηνία έναρξης της ισχύος του περί Παιδίων (Τροποποιητικού) Νόμου του 2014 για να συμμορφωθούν με την πρόνοια αυτή. (2) Μαζί με κάθε αίτηση για εγγραφή Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμου, ο αιτητής υποβάλλει στο Διευθυντή τα ακόλουθα έγγραφα: (α) αντίγραφο δελτίου ταυτότητας που να αποδεικνύει ότι είναι ηλικίας άνω των δεκαοκτώ ετών· (β) αντίγραφο απολυτηρίου Σχολής Μέσης Εκπαίδευσης ή/και πιστοποιητικό το οποίο έχει εκδοθεί ή εκδίδεται από τις Υπηρεσίες Κοινωνικής Ευημερίας του Υπουργείου Εργασίας, Πρόνοιας και Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων και το οποίο βεβαιώνει την άσκηση των καθηκόντων Παιδοκόμου, η οποία δυνατό να αποδειχθεί από την καταβολή εισφορών στο Ταμείο Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις του περί Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων Νόμου, όπως αυτός εκάστοτε τροποποιείται ή αντικαθίσταται, με αναφορά των συγκεκριμένων Βρεφοπαιδοκομικών Σταθμών στους οποίους έχει εργαστεί, καθώς και τη χρονική περίοδο απασχόλησης σ’ αυτούς: Νοείται ότι σε τέτοια περίπτωση θα πρέπει να αξιολογείται η ικανότητα του αιτητή, καθώς και όλων των εγκεκριμένων Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμων από την τριμελή Επιτροπή Αξιολόγησης, καθώς και ότι πληρούνται όλα τα άλλα κριτήρια που θέτει ο Νόμος. (γ) ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό και γενικές αναλύσεις, συμπεριλαμβανομένων αιματολογικών εξετάσεων για μεταδοτικές ασθένειες, και έκθεση ακτινογραφίας θώρακος του ιδίου και των μελών της οικογένειας του· (δ) ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό που εκδίδεται από ειδικό Ψυχίατρο που να βεβαιώνει τη διανοητική και ψυχική του υγεία: Νοείται ότι, τέτοιο ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό εκδίδεται στην περίπτωση που ο αιτητής ή/και τα μέλη της οικογένειας του παραπεμφθεί/ούν στον ειδικό Ψυχίατρο από τον ιατρό ο οποίος εκδίδει και ανανεώνει το ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό που αναφέρεται στην υποπαράγραφο (γ)· (ε) πιστοποιητικό λευκού ποινικού μητρώου για τον Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμο: Νοείται ότι, σε περίπτωση που δοθεί άδεια στον αιτητή, το πιστοποιητικό λευκού ποινικού μητρώου πρέπει να ανανεώνεται με τη λήξη του. (3) Τα πιστοποιητικά που αναφέρονται στις υποπαραγράφους (γ), (δ) και (ε) του εδαφίου (2) πρέπει να ανανεώνονται με τη λήξη τους, εκτός από την έκθεση ακτινογραφίας θώρακος η οποία σε περίπτωση που δοθεί άδεια στον αιτητή, θα επαναλαμβάνεται, κατά την κρίση του ιατρού, και μετά από την εξέταση για ανανέωση του ιατρικού πιστοποιητικού. (4) Ο Διευθυντής δύναται με διάταγμα του αναφορικά με οποιοδήποτε εγγεγραμμένο με βάση το άρθρο 28 υποστατικό να καθορίσει κάθε τι που απαιτείται για να εξασφαλιστεί- (α) ότι πρόσωπο με τέτοια προσόντα ως ήθελαν καθοριστεί από το Διευθυντή θα είναι επιφορτισμένο με τη διεύθυνση των υποστατικών και των εργοδοτουμένων σε αυτά· (β) ότι τα υποστατικά θα είναι επαρκώς στελεχωμένα με προσωπικό τόσον όσον αφορά τον αριθμό όσο και τα προσόντα ή την πείρα των εργοδοτουμένων σ’ αυτά, και ότι τα υποστατικά θα είναι επαρκώς εξοπλισμένα· (γ) στην περίπτωση υποστατικών τα οποία κατά την έναρξη της ισχύος του παρόντος Νόμου χρησιμοποιούντο για την εισδοχή παιδιών ως ανεφέρθη στην παράγραφο (α) του εδαφίου (1) του άρθρου 28, ότι θα γίνουν τέτοιες επιδιορθώσεις στα υποστατικά ή τέτοιες μεταβολές ή προσθήκες σ’ αυτά, ως ήθελαν καθοριστεί με το διάταγμα· (δ) ότι τα υποστατικά και ο εξοπλισμός τους θα συντηρούνται επαρκώς· (ε) ότι θα γίνονται οι κατάλληλες διευθετήσεις για τη τροφοδότηση των παιδιών που γίνονται δεκτά στα υποστατικά και ότι θα παρέχεται σ’ αυτά επαρκής και κατάλληλη τροφή· (στ) ότι τα παιδιά που γίνονται δεκτά στα υποστατικά θα βρίσκονται κάτω από ικανοποιητική ιατρική παρακολούθηση· (ζ) ότι θα τηρούνται βιβλία αναφορικά με τα παιδιά που γίνονται δεκτά στα υποστατικά περιέχοντας τέτοιες λεπτομέρειες ως ήθελαν καθοριστεί κατά το χρόνο της εγγραφής. (5) Οποιαδήποτε υποχρέωση επιβάλλεται με βάση την παράγραφο (γ) του εδαφίου (4) δύναται να καθοριστεί είτε με την εγγραφή ή οποτεδήποτε μέσα σε ένα μήνα από αυτή και ό,τι άλλο απαιτείται με βάση το παρόν άρθρο δύναται να καθοριστεί είτε με την εγγραφή ή σε οποιοδήποτε μεταγενέστερο χρόνο. (6) Οποιαδήποτε υποχρέωση επιβάλλεται να γίνει με βάση το παρόν άρθρο, δύναται να διαφοροποιηθεί ή ανακληθεί από το Διευθυντή σε οποιοδήποτε μεταγενέστερο χρόνο. (7) Για τον καθορισμό του μέγιστου αριθμού παιδιών που δύναται να φροντίζει ο Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμος θα πρέπει να λαμβάνεται υπόψη ο αριθμός άλλων παιδιών που δυνατό να βρίσκονται υπό την φύλαξη του αιτητή. (8) Ο Κατ’ Οίκον Παιδοκόμος δύναται να φροντίζει μέχρι: (i) 3 βρέφη (κάτω των 2 χρόνων)· ή (ii) 6 παιδιά άνω των 2 χρόνων: Νοείται ότι, σε περιπτώσεις που οι ηλικίες των παιδιών είναι μικτές ή/και φροντίζονται και παιδιά σχολικής ηλικίας, ο αριθμός των παιδιών πρέπει να περιορίζεται κατ’ αναλογία σε βαθμό που να είναι δυνατή η παροχή σ’ αυτά ικανοποιητικής φροντίδας. (9)(α) Κάθε αίτηση για εγγραφή Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού υποβάλλεται στο Διευθυντή σε καθορισμένο έντυπο συνοδευόμενο από τέτοια έγγραφα όπως καθορίζεται στο Πρώτο Παράρτημα. (β) Μαζί με κάθε αίτηση για εγγραφή Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού, ο αιτητής πρέπει να υποβάλει στο Διευθυντή τα ακόλουθα έγγραφα: (i) αντίγραφο δελτίου ταυτότητας των μελών του προσωπικού που να αποδεικνύει ότι είναι ηλικίας άνω των δεκαοκτώ ετών· (ii) ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό και γενικές αναλύσεις, συμπεριλαμβανομένων αιματολογικών εξετάσεων για μεταδοτικές ασθένειες, και έκθεση ακτινογραφίας θώρακος των μελών του προσωπικού του Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού· (iii) ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό που εκδίδεται από ειδικό Ψυχίατρο που να βεβαιώνει τη διανοητική και ψυχική υγεία των μελών του προσωπικού: Νοείται ότι, τέτοιο ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό εκδίδεται στην περίπτωση που μέλος του προσωπικού παραπεμφθεί στον ειδικό Ψυχίατρο από τον ιατρό ο οποίος εκδίδει και ανανεώνει το ιατρικό πιστοποιητικό που αναφέρεται στην υποπαράγραφο (ii)· (iv) πιστοποιητικό λευκού ποινικού μητρώου για όλα τα μέλη του προσωπικού: Νοείται ότι, σε περίπτωση που δοθεί άδεια στον παιδοκομικό σταθμό, το πιστοποιητικό λευκού ποινικού μητρώου πρέπει να ανανεώνεται με τη λήξη του. (v) αρχιτεκτονικό σχέδιο που να δείχνει την κάτοψη του κτιρίου με διαστάσεις· (vi) πιστοποιητικά ασφάλειας/ καταλληλότητας των υποστατικών ως ακολούθως: (α)(α) για τη σημερινή κατάσταση της οικοδομής των υποστατικών σε ό,τι αφορά την κατασκευή του κτιρίου, καθώς και την αντισεισμική του ασφάλεια, από το Τμήμα Δημοσίων Έργων του Υπουργείου Συγκοινωνιών και Έργων· (β)(β) για την πυρασφάλεια τους, από την Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία του Υπουργείου Δικαιοσύνης και Δημόσιας Τάξεως· (γ)(γ) για την υγειονομική τους κατάσταση, από την Υγειονομική Υπηρεσία του Υπουργείου Υγείας· (δ)(δ) για τις ηλεκτρομηχανολογικές τους εγκαταστάσεις, από το Τμήμα Ηλεκτρομηχανολογικών Υπηρεσιών του Υπουργείου Συγκοινωνιών και Έργων, ή από αδειούχο ηλεκτρολόγο. (10) Τα πιστοποιητικά που αναφέρονται στις υπο-υποπαραγράφους (ii) και (iii) της υποπαραγράφου (β) πρέπει να ανανεώνονται με τη λήξη τους, εκτός από την έκθεση ακτινογραφίας θώρακος η οποία σε περίπτωση που δοθεί άδεια στον Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό, θα επαναλαμβάνεται, κατά την κρίση του ιατρού, και μετά από την εξέταση για ανανέωση του ιατρικού πιστοποιητικού. ΚΕΦ.352 62(I)/2011 181(Ι)/2014 Απουσία παιδιού ή βρέφους από τον Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό ή τον Κατ' Οίκον Παιδοκόμο 29Α.-(1) Κάθε γονέας/κηδεμόνας έχει υποχρέωση να ενημερώνει πάντοτε εκ των προτέρων τη διεύθυνση του Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού ή τον Κατ' Οίκον Παιδοκόμο για την απουσία του παιδιού ή του βρέφους του. (2) Σε περίπτωση απουσίας παιδιού ή βρέφους από τον Παιδοκομικό Σταθμό ή τον Κατ΄Οίκον Παιδοκόμο για την οποία δεν προηγήθηκε η αναγκαία ενημέρωση από τον γονέα/κηδεμόνα, η διεύθυνση του Παιδοκομικού Σταθμού ή ο Κατ΄Οίκον Παιδοκόμος εφαρμόζει τις πρόνοιες του διατάγματος που εκδίδει ο Διευθυντής δυνάμει των διατάξεων του άρθρου 29. 166(I)/2025 Certificates of registration 30.-(1) The Director shall issue certificates of registration under section 28 and any such certificate shall specify the situation of the premises to which, or the name and address of the person to whom, the registration relates and any requirements imposed under section 29. (2) On any change occurring in the circumstances, particulars of which are stated in a certificate issued under this section, the Director shall issue an amended certificate. (3) Where the Director is satisfied that a certificate issued under this section has been lost or destroyed he shall, on payment of such fee (if any) not exceeding two hundred mils as he may determine issue a copy of the certificate. ΚΕΦ.352 Penalties for failure to register and for breach of requirements under section 29 31.-(1) If at any time after the expiration of three months from the date of the commencement of this Law a child is received in any premises as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 28 and the premises are not registered under that section, or any requirement imposed under section 29 is contravened or not complied with, the occupier of the premises shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Where at any such time as aforesaid a person receives as mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 28 children of whom he is not a relative and- (a) the number of the children exceeds two; and (b) the children come from more than one household, then, if he is not registered under section 28 or if he contravenes or if he fails to comply with any requirement imposed under section 29, he shall be guilty of an offence. (3) Where a person has been registered under section 28 and while he is so registered he acquires a new home, then until he has given notice thereof to the Director he shall not for the purposes of subsection (2) be treated as being so registered in relation to the reception of children in the new home. (4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .125 or in the case of a second or subsequent offence to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding .75 or to both such imprisonment and fine: Provided that in the case of a first offence under subsection (2) the fine which may be imposed shall not exceed .25. ΚΕΦ.352 Cancellation of registration 32. Where- (a) there has been a contravention of or non-compliance with any requirement imposed under section 29 in relation to any premises or person registered under section 28; or (b) it appears to the Director as respects any premises or person registered under the said section 28 that circumstances exist which would justify a refusal under subsection (3) or subsection (4) of that section to register the premises or person, the Director may cancel the registration: Provided that, where a requirement to carry out repairs or make alterations or additions has been imposed under paragraph (c) of subsection 4 of section 29 the registration of the premises shall not be cancelled by virtue of paragraph (b) of this section on the grounds that the premises are not fit to be used for the reception of children if- (i) the time limited by subsection (7) of the said section 29 for complying with the requirement has not expired, and (ii) it is shown that the condition of the premises is due to the repairs not having been carried out or the alterations or additions not having been made. ΚΕΦ.352 Appeals 33.-(1) Not less than fourteen days before refusing an application for registration, cancelling any registration or imposing any requirement under section 29, the Director shall send to the applicant, to the occupier of the premises to which the registration relates or to the person registered, as the case may be, notice of his intention to refuse such an application or cancel such a registration or to impose such a requirement. (2) Every such notice shall state the grounds on which the Director intends to refuse or cancel the registration or to impose any requirement and shall contain an intimation that if within fourteen days after the receipt of the notice the said applicant, occupier or person informs the Director in writing of his intention or desire to show cause in person or by representative, why the registration should be allowed or not be cancelled or the requirement not imposed, the Director shall, before refusing any such registration or cancelling such registration or imposing such condition, afford him an opportunity so to do. (3) If the Director, after giving the said applicant, occupier or person such an opportunity as aforesaid, decides to refuse the application, cancel the registration or impose the requirement, as the case may be, he shall proceed so to do and shall send the applicant, occupier or person a copy of the decision. (4) A person aggrieved by a decision under this Part to refuse or cancel a registration or impose a requirement under section 29 may, within fourteen days of the receipt of the decision by him, appeal to the Court of the District where the premises are situated, if the decision relates to the registration of premises, or of the District where the person in question resides, if the decision relates to the registration of a person; and an order cancelling registration shall not take effect until the expiration of the time within which an appeal may be brought under this section or, where such an appeal is brought, before the determination of the appeal. (5) Any notice required to be sent under subsection (1) and any copy of a decision requiring to be sent under subsection (3) may be sent by post in a registered letter. ΚΕΦ.352 Power of entry and inspection 34.-(1) Any person authorized in that behalf by the Director may at all reasonable times enter any premises which are used for the reception of children as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 28 and may inspect the premises and the children so received therein, the arrangements for their welfare, and any records relating to them kept in pursuance of this Part. (2) If any person authorized as aforesaid is refused admission to the home of a person registered under section 28, or has reasonable cause to believe that children are being received in a person’s home or in any other premises in contravention of section 31, he may apply to a judge and if the judge is satisfied on sworn information in writing that admission has been refused, or, as the case may be, that there is reasonable cause to believe that children are being received as aforesaid, the judge may grant a warrant authorizing the applicant to enter the home or other premises and carry out any such inspection as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section. (3) A person who proposes to exercise any power of entry or inspection conferred by or under this section shall if so required produce some duly authenticated document showing his authority to exercise the power. (4) Any person who obstructs the exercise of any such power as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .25 in the case of a first offence or .100 in the case of a second or any subsequent offence. (5) For the purposes of this section “judge” means a member of the District Court of the District where the home or other premises are situated. ΚΕΦ.352 Exemption of certain institutions from provisions of this Part 35.-(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the reception of children in any hospital or any such home or other institution as is mentioned in section 51. (2) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the reception of children in a nursery school approved, or supported, by the Director. (3) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the reception of children in any school notwithstanding that they are received to be looked after and not for the purpose of education. ΚΕΦ.352 Exclusion of sections 31 and 34 where Part VIII applies 36.-(1) Where premises falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 28 are used mainly for the reception of children for periods exceeding six days and in such circumstances that Part VIII of this Law applies, sections 31 and 34 of this Law shall not apply to the premises and the provisions of Part VIII as to entry and inspection shall extend to all children received in the premises. (2) Where a person receives children into his home in such circumstances that apart from this subsection he would be required by subsection (2) of section 31 to be registered under section 28, then so long as provision for entry and inspection as respects any of those children or any other child received into his home is made by or under Part VIII- (a) sections 31 and 34 shall not apply; (b) the said provisions for entry and inspection shall apply in relation to all the children aforesaid. ΚΕΦ.352 Exclusion of Part VIII where premises are registered under this Part 37. Where premises registered under section 28 are used wholly or mainly for the reception of children as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section the provisions of Part VIII as to entry and inspection shall not apply in relation to any children received at the premises and the provisions of section 34 shall apply in relation to all children received thereat. ΚΕΦ.352 PART VII REMAND HOMES Provision of remand homes 38.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Director to provide for remand homes and for this purpose he may arrange with the occupiers of any premises for the purpose of their being used as a remand home or may himself establish such a home. (2) The Director may contribute towards the expenditure incurred by any society or person in establishing, enlarging or improving an institution for the purpose of its being used as a remand home. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Director to provide additional remand homes so long as any places for the care of children provided under this Law are available for use as remand homes. ΚΕΦ.352 Provisions as to custody of children under the age of sixteen years in remand homes 39.-(1) The order or judgment in pursuance of which a child under the age of sixteen years is committed to custody in a remand home shall be delivered with the child to the person in charge of the home and shall be sufficient authority for his detention in the home in accordance with the tenour thereof. (2) A child under the age of sixteen while so detained and while being conveyed to or from a remand home shall be deemed to be in legal custody. (3) The Director shall cause remand homes to be inspected and may make rules for their inspection, regulation and management and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of the persons detained in custody therein, and for the visitation of such persons from time to time by persons appointed in accordance with the rules. (4) A child under the age of sixteen who escapes from a remand home may be apprehended without warrant, and brought back thereto, and any person who knowingly assists or induces a child under the age of sixteen so to escape or who knowingly harbours or conceals a child who has so escaped, or prevents him from returning, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding .150 or to both such imprisonment and fine. ΚΕΦ.352 Contributions to be made by parents, etc., of children committed to remand homes 40.-(1) Where an order has been made by a Court committing a child under the age of sixteen to a remand home it shall be the duty of the father or mother or person who was the legal guardian prior to any Court order or to the reception of the child into care by the Director to make contributions in respect of him. (2) On making any such order as aforesaid, the Court will proceed to assess the earnings of the persons liable to contribute and shall make a further order for the payment to the appropriate person or authority of a suitable amount of maintenance. (3) Nothing in this section shall allow the avoidance by a father or mother of their liability to contribute because he or she has deserted the other or the matrimonial home or for any other reason does not reside there. (4) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, a contribution order shall be enforceable as a maintenance order made under section 183 of the Criminal Code. ΚΕΦ.352 PART VIII FOSTER CHILD PROTECTION Notices to be given by persons receiving children for reward 41.-(1) A person who undertakes for reward the nursing and maintenance of a child under the age of sixteen years apart from his parents or having no parents shall give notice thereof to the Director not less than seven days before he receives the child, or if the child was received in an emergency, within forty-eight hours of receiving the child. For the purpose of this subsection an undertaking shall be deemed to be an undertaking for reward if there is any payment or gift of money or money’s worth or any promise to pay or give money or money’s worth irrespective of whether there is any intention of making profit. (2) The notice required by subsection (1) shall state the name and sex of the child, the date and place of his birth, the name of the person undertaking his nursing and maintenance, any premises in which he is to be or is being kept whether in the day time or at night and the name of the person from whom he is to be or was received. (3) In the following provisions of this Part a child under the age of sixteen years in respect of whom a notice has been or ought to have been given under this section is referred to as a “foster child”. ΚΕΦ.352 Notice to be given if residence is changed or if foster child dies or is removed 42.-(1) If a person who is maintaining a foster child changes his residence he shall at least seven days before doing so give notice to the Director: Provided that where an immediate change of residence is necessitated by any emergency, a notice under this subsection may be given at any time within forty-eight hours after the change of residence. (2) If a foster child dies or is removed (or removes himself) from the care of the person w …