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Children and Young Persons Act 1947 s 11

Children and Young Persons Act 1947 s 11

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Sections 4–5, 8 and 10 and others were repealed by later amendments.

s 11

Any person who- (a) employs or procures a hild or young person Penalty for to perform or take part in any public contravention entertainment• or · of section 10. . ' (b) having the custody, ch rge or care of a child or young person, uffers such child or young person to pe form or take part in such entertainment; r (c) being a person licensed nder the Theatres and F.M.s. Places of Public Amusement Enact- Enactment No. 47 of ment of the Federate Malay States or the 1936. corresponding Enac ment of any Malay s.s. · State or the Theat es Ordinance of the Cap. 210. Straits Settlements, ffer.s a child or young person to take part i such entertain~ent; in contravention· of the prov' sions of section 10 of this Ordinance or of a rule made under th~s Or_dinance or ~ny condi ti n or re~triction co~ - tam~d 1n any licence issued un er section 10. of this Ordinance, shall be liable to a ne not exceeding fiv.e hundred dollars or to imprison ent for a term which ~ay extend to six months or both such fine and nnprisonment arid the Court s all thereupon cancel the licence is;ued in respect of uch ?hild and, if the ~erson convicted is the holder f a licence under the · heatres and Places of Public usement Enactment F.M.s. of th F E e ederated Malay States r any correspon d1ng · · Enactment No. 47 of .\ ona~trnent of any Malay Stat or of the Theatres · al:dinance of the Straits Settle ents_, the Cou_rt may ~:-p. ,~ Pei 210. ?rder the cancellation of .s ch licence o~ its sus- . Enon for such period as the ourt may think fit. j ! No. 3•3 OF 1947. TRANSFBRRED CHILDREN. 1.: :: 12. (1) In this Ordinanc ' ,"\,t- ~A, ,. tion. Interpretad child'' mea s a female under th :~ , 'trans fer re . 1· . . t f ea •1·}•\ ·re~• II ff rteen years who is iv g 3:par rom her nat ge o hou mother but does ot include a female. ura1 fat er or . · . ' • I / 1. (a) who is living with grand-parent, a broth H:1 ~i' ~I ' or sister by _the w ~ole dr halfdblood, ore: ~,t1: ., brother or sISte o a ecease parent b ;~{f the whole blood· or Y l~• 1:/, ~, ' M:· ·i &il t .. (b) .who is over ~he ag_ of twelve and is married ,5'\1," ,r.. i,, 1 . •,,~1u, . , and is living w th her husband or with a ·~i.,,f, i~ : · parent or grand parent of her husband; or (c) who has been bona fide and lawfully adopted ' ,. 11: I~ ( ,' Jl ! ' \ , '.: . ' and is living w · h the adopter; or • li I . ~ ' (d) who is living with a legal guardian; or F.M.S. (e) who is registered a a mui tsai under the Mui Cap. 157. Tsai Enactmen o_f the Federated Malay Johore Enact. States or of an · Malay State or the Mui No. 120. Tsai Ordinance f the Straits Settlements; Perlis Enact. or No. 5/53. Trengganu No. 1 of 1354. 8. S. Cap. 34. (/) who is living wit a person other than her natural father t' r mother in pursuance of a_n order _of a CI urt of competent jurisdiction or 1n pur uance of an order made under Part II f . this Ordinance or under F.M.S. Cap. 156. the Women an Girls Protection Enactment of the Fed rated Malay States or the corresponding nactment of any Ma!aY S.S. Cap. 33. 8tat_e or the W men and Girls Protection 0rd1 nance of e Straits Settlements or F.M.S. nnd er the Mu Tsai Enactment of the Cap. 157 Johore · Federated Mal y States or of any :Malay Enact. ~!at~ or the ui Tsai Ordinance of tbe No. 120. Perlis Enact. ra1 ts Settlem nts ; or No. 5/53. Trengganu No. 1 of 1354. S.S. Cap. 34. (g) who is an · jt3L .home oru_ima~e ! any orphanage, hos~erll' mentor 1~st1 tu ion maintained by ?~ed to be such; dany approved place deed~ a,tloe; or n er s ction 34 of this Or 111 J r, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS. ll (h) who is a b~arder_ .at a school registered under ° the RegiS t ration Schools Enactment of th e d~ederated Mal y States or the corres- ~~!· is9. pon ing. Enac~men of any Malay State or the Regi~tration° Schools Ordinance of s.s. the S~ralts Settle ents, or is regularly Cap. 139. at~end ing such _a sc ool and is living with a friend or relative o her natural father or m?ther or of her leg 1 guardian or adopter, with t~e consent of e father, mother, legal guardian or adopte , as the case may be. (2) The expressions "tra sferred child" and "child" shall be deemed to app y to a female in respect of whom a bond_has been execut d or a committal order made under this Part of this Ordinance until such time as the bond or <?rder is di charged or the female reaches the age of eighteen, hichever is the earlier event.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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