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CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION
(2)
The Justice of the Peace may issue a warrant-
(a) authorizing any constable-
(i) to search for the child and, if it is found that
the child has been, is being or is likely to be
assaulted, ill-treated or neglected in any such
manner, or that any such offence has been or
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is being committed in respect of the child, to
remove the child to and detain the child in a
place of safety; or
(ii) to remove the child with or without search to
a place of safety and to detain the child
there,
and bring the child before a Children's Court or, if
there is no Children's Court sitting in that parish,
before a Resident Magistrate in chambers, within
forty-eight hours after such removal; or
(b) causing any person accused of any offence mentioned
in subsection (1) in respect of the child to be
apprehended and brought before a court of summary
jurisdiction in order that proceedings may be taken
against him according to law.
(3) Instead of authorizing the removal of a child under
subsection
(2),
the Justice of the Peace may make an order
prohibiting any person accused of any offence mentioned in
subsection (1) in respect of the child from-
(a) entering or remaining in the household residence where
the child resides; or
(b) following or waylaying the child in any place, until
such time as the child is brought before the court.
(4)
A
copy of an order made under subsection (3) shall be
served personally on the person accused of the offence, who
may apply immediately to the Justice of the Peace for the order
to be discharged.
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L.N.
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