Section 170 Child’s Right Act
Section 170 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Offences under this Part. It is under Part XIV (Child Minding and Day Care of Young Children) of the Act.
(1) No person shall provide day care for children under the age of six years in any premises within a State unless he is registered by the State Government under section 163 (1) (b) of this Act with respect to the premises.
(2) A person who contravenes Subsection (1) of this Section, without reasonable excuse, commits an offence.
(3) No person shall act as a child minder on any domestic premises: within a State unless he is registered by the State Government under Section 163 (1) (a) of this Act.
(4) Where it appears to a State Government that a person has contravened subsection (3) of this section, it may serve an enforcement notice on him.
(5) An enforcement notice shall have effect for a period of six months beginning with the date on which it is served.
(6) A person with respect to whom an enforcement notice is in force who contravenes subsection (3) of this section without reasonable excuse, commits an offence.
(7) Subsection (6) applies whether or not the subsequent contravention occurs within the area of the State Government which served the enforcement notice.
(8) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes or otherwise fails to comply with any condition imposed on h under section 164 or 165 of this Act, commits an offence.
(9) A person who ‐
(a) acts as a child minder on any domestic premises at any time when he is disqualified by regulations made under paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to this Act ; or
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(b) contravenes any provision of subparagraph (3), (4) or (5) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to this Act,
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commits an offence.
(10) A person who contravenes subparagraph (3) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to this Act is not guilty of an offence under this section if he proves that he did not know, and has no reasonable ground for believing, that the person in question was living or employed in the household.
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(11) A person who contravenes subparagraph (5) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to this Act, is not guilty of an offence under this section if he proves that he did not know that the person whom he was employing was disqualified.
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(12) A person who, commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction‐
(a) in the case of an offence under subsection (8) of this section, to a fine not exceeding five thousand naira or imprisonment or a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment ;
(b) in the case of an offence under subsection (9) of this section, to fine not exceeding ten thousand naira or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine to imprisonment;
(c) in the case of any other offence, to a fine not exceeding two thousand, five hundred naira or imprisonment for a term of three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
