State Children Acts Amendment Act of 1943 (7 Geo Vi No. 23) (Qld)

28 CHILDREN. State CMldren Acts Amendment Act. 7 GEO. VI. No. 23, CHILDREN. CHILDREN-ILI,EGITIMATE IN INTESTACY. See SUCCESSION. 7 N GE o O . . 23 V . I. An Act to Amend "The State Children Acts, 1911 THE STATE CmLDREN ACTS to 1928," in certain particulars. AMENDMENT ACT OF 1943. [ASSENTED TO 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1943.J B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- Short title 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The State :~ struction. Children Acts Amendment Act of 1943 " and shall be read as one with *" The State Children Acts, 1911 to 1928," herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective (2.) The Principal Act and this Act may be title. collectively cited as "The State Children Acts, 1911 to 1943." Amendments of the Principal Act. Amendment of s. 16. 2. Section sixteen of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the words " ten shillings " occurring in the first paragraph and inserting the words "twelve shillings " in lieu thereof. Repeal 3. Section thirty-five of the Principal Act is repealed o s. f 3 a 5 n . d new and the following new section thirty-five is inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- Director may " [35.J The Director may place out any State pSltaactee ochuitld C h I 'ld - with mother (a) With the child's own mother or other female :~ta~ ~ ~ ~ - relative, provided she is a woman of good cumstances. repute, and provided that in the case of the child's own mother she is unmarried, or a widow or deserted wife, or the wife of an invalid or pensioner, or a wife living apart from her husband under circumstances explained to the satisfaction of the Minister; or - - - - - - - - ~ - - * 2 G .•5 No. 11 a1 d amending Acts. See v. 1, pp. 686 et seg.

1943. CHILDREN. State Childrem Acts Amendment Act. 29 (b) With the child's own father, provided he is a man of good repute, and provided that he is both an invalid or a pensioner and a widower, or a deserted husband, or a husband living apart from his wife under circumstances explained to the satisfaction of the Minister. In any such case as aforesaid the Minister may pay to the mother, female relative or father to assist in the maintenance of such child such sum as may be prescribed. Nothing in this section shall authorise the placing out of any such child for any period beyond the age of fourteen years unless such child is deformed or suffering from permanent ill-health, in which case the age may be extended to sixteen years." 4. The following. provision is added to section Amendment forty-two of the Principal Act as follows:- of s. 42. "Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, where any State child marries before attainil1g the age of twenty-one years, any such balance remaining to the credit of such State child, shall be transferred to the child on application to the Director and on proof to the Director of his or her identity and on production to the Director of his or her marriage certificate." 5 Section fifty-one of the Principal Act is amended Amendment by repealing the words "ten shillings" where these of s. 51. words occur in subsections three and four and by inserting the words " twelve shillings" in lieu thereof. 6. Subsection three of section fifty-four of the Amendment Principal Act is amended by repealing the words "ten of s. 54. shillings" and inserting the words "twelve shillings" in lieu thereof. 7. In section sixty-four of the Principal Act, the Amendment words "ten shillings" are repealed and the words of s. 64. " twelve shillings" are inserted in li€lu thereof. CITY OF BRISBANE. See PART II.-I..JOCAI. AND PERSONAL ACTS. See PART II.-(LoCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS) INDUSTRY (SOMERSET DAM).