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Child Care Act, 1983 (Act No. 74 of 1983)

Chapter 8 : Prevention of ill-treatment and unlawful removal of children

50. Ill-treatment or abandonment of children

 

1) Any parent or guardian of a child or any person having the custody of a child who –
a) ill-treats that child or allows it to be ill-treated; or
b) abandons that child, or any other person who ill-treats a child, shall be guilty of an offence.

 

2) Any person legally liable to maintain a child who, while able to do so, fails to provide that child with adequate food, clothing, lodging and medical aid, shall be guilty of an offence.

 

3) Any person convicted of any offence under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding R20 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.