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UNICEF's Children's Law Database

Title: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE) ACT
Country Code: BS 2000 Rev. CH. 97
Country:Bahamas
Date of entry into force: September 18, 1947 (21/1947)
Amendment: 13/1950; 3/1953; 11/1954; 53/1954; 9/1959; 2/1960; GN 187/1964; 46/1964; ELAO 1974; 13/1978; 5/1987
Subject: Children – Law – The Bahamas
Keywords: Administration of justice; Child, meaning of; Cruelty to children; Guardian, meaning of; Juvenile Courts; Neglected children and young persons; Place of Safety; Young person, meaning of.
Notes: Includes Children and Young Persons (Juvenile Courts Panel) Order (SI 11/2008).