The Marriage Amendment Act 1906 also known by its full title “An Act to amend ‘The Marriage Act 1895′” (Act no.6 Edw. VII No.19) stresses the legitimacy of marriages conducted prior to the Marriages Act 1895, or by Officiating Ministers whom were believed to be legitimate by the married parties even if they turned out…
The Maintenance Act 1924 with the full title “An Act to amend ‘The Maintenance Act 1921′” (Act no.15 Geo. V No.16) makes changes to three key parts of The Maintenance Act 1921. This act was repealed in 1968 by the Maintenance Act 1967 (Act no.36/1976). Under the Maintenance Act 1921 individual maintenance orders made in…
This amendment with the full title “An Act to further Amend “The Infant Life Protection Act of 1905” in certain particulars”(Act no. 18 Geo.V. No.8) ascended and commenced on the 26th of November 1927 Amends the Infant Life Protection Act of 1905 (Act no. 5 Edw.VII No.19), setting out changes to regulations around payments and…
This amendment with the full title “An Act to Amend “The Infant Life Protection Acts, 1905 to 1927”, in certain particulars”(Act no. 26 Geo.V. No.6) ascended and commenced on the 17th of October 1935 amends the Infant Life Protection Act 1905 (Act no.5 Edw.VII No.19). This amendment sets out regulations relating to the passing away…
The State Children Amendment Act 1917 with the full title “An Act to Amend “The State Children Act of 1911″ in certain particulars” (Act no.8 Geo.V No.13) raised the age of children who received State benefits through their natural or foster mothers from 13 to 14 years. If a State child gained a State scholarship,…
The Aborigines Act 1910 (No. 2255 of 1910) had the long title, ‘An act to extend the powers of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines’. This Act abandoned the distinction in law between ‘full-blood’ and ‘half-caste’ in terms of defining Aboriginality. (The different treatment of ‘Aboriginal’ and ‘half-caste’ persons was established in law by…
The Children’s Welfare Act 1933 (No.4152) amended sections 18 and 109 of the Children’s Welfare Act 1928. It extended the definitions of neglect in the 1928 Act. The 1933 legislation contained new categories of ‘neglected child’, including ‘being a female found soliciting men for prostitution…or found habitually wandering about…public places at night without lawful cause…’….
The passing of the Infant Life Protection Act 1907 (No.2102) was partly in response to concerns about ‘baby farming’. The Act required parents to register voluntary foster placements with the Neglected Children’s Department and pay for the upkeep of the child or risk the child becoming a ward of the state. Registered carers also became…
The Children’s Welfare Act 1924 (No.3351), assented to on 1 October 1924, was enacted to rename the Department for Neglected Children as the Children’s Welfare Department. The renaming of the Department signified the Government’s awareness of the stigma which had become attached to the term ‘neglected child’, and did not reflect a change in functional…
The Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1936 (Act no. 28/1936) was an amending act of the Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1935 (Act no. 4/1935). It became effective on 16 July 1936 and was repealed by the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 on 4 September 1941.
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