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Assessment
and investi-
gation of
reports to
Registry.
CHILD CAREAND PROTECTION
7.-(1)
On receiving a report about a child under section
6,
the Registrar shall assess the information in the report and, after
such assessment, may-
(a) refer the report to the Children's Advocate and the
Government agency responsible for children for further
investigation or so that the child may be brought before
a court under section 13, as the case may require;
(b) inform the person having custody, care or control of
the child, of the report, unless, in the opinion of the
Registrar, such information would cause physical or
emotional harm to any person, endanger the safety of
the child or impede an investigation under paragraph
(4.
(2) Every person shall regard as secret and confidential
every report made under section
6
and shall not, other than in
any proceedings for an offence or as is permitted for the
purposes of this Act, disclose-
(a) the existence of the report or any information
contained therein; or
(b) any other information fromwhich the identity of-
(i) any child concerned in the report; or
(ii) any person alleged in the report to have
committed an offence in respect of any such
child,
may be reasonably inferred.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be
liable upon summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate to
a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both
such fine and imprisonment.
(4) The Registrar commits an offence if the Registrar-
(a) fails to assess any report referred to in subsection (1);
or
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