State Children Act 1895 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVO ET QTJINQUA-

GESIMO NON0

VICTORIA3 REGINB.

A.D. 1895.

No. 641.

An Act to amend the Law relating to State Children, and

for other purposes.

[Assmted to, Dtxember 20th, 1895.1

it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

PART I.

PlCELIMINARY.

Powers, and Functions:

Abolition:

(a) Their Commitment, Detention, and Release :

( b ) Apprenticing and Placing Out:

and Foster-mothers:

3. The

The State Children A c t. 18%.

(1) Any appointment (except as hereinafter provided), mandate, or order made, any licence granted, and any indenture of apprenticeship or contract entered into under any enact- men t hereby repealed, shall continue in force as if the same had been made, granted, or entered into under this Act:

(2) Any enactment or document referring to any enactment

hereby repealed shall be construed to refer to the cor-

responding enactment in .this Act:

(3) Any deed, licence, mandate, order, or other document referring to the State Children's Council shall, after thc appoint- ment of the Council under this Act, be deented to refer to such last-mentioned Council:

(4) Except as aforesaid, this repeal ehall not affect any right, interest, or liability already created, incurxed, or existing; nor anything lawfully done or suffered under any enact- ment hereby repealed; and any proceeding in respect of any such right, interest, or liability may be carried on as if this Act had not been passed:

~ n t e v t s t i o n.

lowing exprcssions in inverted commas have the meanings hereby

assigned to them respectively, that is to say-

" Chief Secretary " means the Chief Secretary of the province:

Child " means any boy or girl under thc age of eighteen years; and, in the absence of positive evidence as to age, means any boy or girl under the apparent age of eighteen years:

(L Convicted child " means any child found guilty or convicted of

Council " means the State Children's Council constituted under this Act:

G Destitute child " means anv child who has no sufficient means of subsistence appareni to the…