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Section 104 Nigerian Child’s Right Act 2003

Section 104 Child’s Right Act

Section 104 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Restriction on the making of fostering order. It is under Part XI (Fostering) of the Act.

(1) A fostering order shall not be made by the Court unless‐
(a) the applicant or, in the case of a joint application, each of the applicants is not less than twenty‐five years old and, is at least twenty‐one years older than the child to be fostered;
(b) the applicant and the child are resident in the same State;

(c) the applicant is a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) the applicant has the means to maintain the child;
(e) the applicant is a person of unquestionable integrity; and
(f) the applicant is certified by a medical officer to be physically and mentally fit.

(2) A fostering order shall not be made in favour of a sole applicant who is unmarried, unless the applicant has attained the age of thirty‐five years and the child to be fostered is of the same sex as the applicant.

See also  Section 56 Nigerian National Health Act 2014

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