Section 112 Child’s Right Act
Section 112 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Fostered Children Register. It is under Part XI (Fostering) of the Act.
(1) The Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service shall each keep and maintain a register to be known as the Fostered Children Register in which shall be made such entries as may be directed by a fostering order to be made therein.
(2) A fostering order shall contain a direction to the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service to make in the Fostered Children Register the entry in the form specified in Part II of Fourth Schedule to this Act.
(3) If, on an application to the Court for a fostering order, it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the date of birth of the child and other particulars of the child are identical with a child to whom entry in the Register of Births kept by the National Population Commission relates, the fostering order shall contain a further direction to the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service to cause the entry in the Register of Births to be marked Fostered.
(4) Where a fostering order is made in respect of a child who has been the subject of a previous fostering order made under this Act, the fostering order shall contain a direction to the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service to cause the previous entry in the Fostered Children Register and the Register of Births in respect of that child to be marked Re ‐ fostered.
(5) The Court shall cause a copy of every foster order to be communicated to the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service and on receipt of the order, the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service shall comply with the directions contained therein.
(6) A certified copy of an entry in the Fostered Children Register if purporting to be stamped, or sealed with the seal of office of the Chief registrar shall be prima facie proof of the facts contained therein, including the date of birth of a child to whom it relates without any further evidence as if the same were a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Births.
(7) The Chief Registrar shall cause an index of the Fostered Children register to be made and kept in the registry.
(8) A copy of extract of an entry in any register, being an entry which is cancelled under this section, shall be a prima facie evidence of that cancellation.
(9) A register, record or book as is mentioned in subsection (8) of this section or an index thereof shall not be liable to be searched by any member of the public, and the Chief Registrar shall not make a certified copy thereof or furnish any information therein contained to a person except under an order made by the court.
(10) On the revocation of a fostering order, the Court shall cause the fact of the revocation to be communicated to the Chief Registrar and the appropriate child development service who shall cancel or cause to be canceled‐
(a) the entry in the Fostered Children Register relating to the fostered child; and
(b) the word Fostered or Re‐fostered in the entry relating to the fostered child in the Register of Births.
(11) The Chief Registrar may keep such record books and make such other entries therein as may be consistent with the particulars contained in the Fostered Children Register.
