Guardianship of Infants Act Amendment Act 1948 (WA)

1948.] Guardianship of Infants [No. 47.

GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS.

12° and 13° Geo. VI., No. XLVII.

No. 47 of 1948.

AN ACT to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1926-

[Assented to 7th January, 1949.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Guardianship of Short title.

Infants Act Amendment Act, 1948, and shall be read as One With the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1926 (Act No. . .

23 of 1926), hereinafter called the principal Act.

2. The principal Act, as amended by this Act, may Ci t tii?a f A

be cited as the Guardianship of Infants Act, 19 96-1948, amended, n n t

and d shall be construed as one with the Guardianship of construction. a

Infants Act, 1920 (Mt No. 15 of 1920).

3.. The principal Act is amended by inserting after Amendment of principal

section six a section as follows:—

Power of

6A. Where, on the death of the surviving parent Court to

of an infant, there is no appointed guardian of the	appointguardians in
infant, or a guardian or guardians has or have been	certain cases.
appointed but is or are dead or cannot be found or refuses or refuse to act, the Court may, if it thinks fit, appoint any person or persons to act as guardian or guardians of the infant, and may make such order as to the custody of the infant and the right of access thereto of any person (whether a relative of the infant or not) as to the Court seems fit.