Section 17 Child’s Right Act

Section 17 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Right of the unborn child to protection against harm, etc. It is under Part II (Rights and Responsibilities of a Child) of the Act.

(1) A child may bring an action for damages against a person for harm or injury caused to the child willfully, recklessly, negligently or through neglect before, during or after the birth of that child.

(2) Where the father of an unborn child dies intestate, the unborn child is entitled, if he was conceived during the lifetime of his father, to be considered in the distribution of the estate of the deceased father.

(3) Where the mother of an unborn child dies intestate before the child is delivered, the unborn child is entitled, if he survives his mother, to be considered in the distribution of the estate of the deceased mother.