Section 168 Child’s Right Act
Section 168 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Powers of the State Government to inspect premises, etc. It is under Part XIV (Child Minding and Day Care of Young Children) of the Act.
(1) A person authorised to do so by a State Government may at any reasonable time, enter‐
(a) any domestic premises within the State in which child minding is at any time, carried on; or
(b) any premises within a State in which day care for children is at any time, provided.
(2) Where a State Government has reasonable cause to believe that a child is being looked after on any premises within the State in contravention of this Part of this Act a person authorised to do so by the State Government may enter the premises at any reasonable time
(3) A person entering any premises under this section may inspect‐
(a) the premises;
(b) child being looked after on the premises;
(c) the arrangements made for the health welfare of the child being looked after on the premises; and
(d) any record relating to the child being looked after on the premises which are kept as a result of this Part of this Act.
(4) A person inspecting any record under this section‐
(a) shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to and inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records in question; and
(b) may require‐
(i) the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used, or
(ii) any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of the
computer apparatus or material, to afford him such reasonable assistance as he may require,
(5) A person exercising any power conferred by this section shall, if so required, produce some duly authenticated document showing his authority to do so.
(6) A State Government shall exercise its power to inspect the premises mentioned in subsection (1) of this section at least once every year.
(7) A person who intentionally obstructs another person in the exercise of any power conferred under this section, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand five hundred naira or imprisonment for a term of three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
