Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “child” means any unmarried person under the age of 18; “child mentor” means a person registered as such by the Permanent Secretary; “Code of Ethics” means the Code of Ethics for mentors, set out in the First Schedule; “Committee” means the Child Mentoring Committee referred to in section 3B; “Court” means the Juvenile Court having jurisdiction over the district in which the child is, or is reasonably believed to be, found; “film” has the same meaning as in the Films Act; C13 – 1 [Issue 2] Child Protection Act “foster home” means a home registered under regulations made under this Act or approved by the Minister; “gaming house” has the same meaning as in the Gaming Act; “harm” includes physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or moral injury, neglect, ill-treatment, impairment of health or development; “indecent photograph” includes an indecent film, a copy of an indecent photograph or film, and an indecent photograph comprised in a film; “mentoring order” means an order issued by the Court under section 3D; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of child development and family welfare is assigned; “parent” means the father, mother or legal guardian of a child and includes any person in charge of a child; “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry or any public officer designated by him to act on his behalf; “photograph” includes— (a) the negative as well as the positive version; and (b) data stored on a computer disc or by other electronic means which is capable of conversion into a photograph; “place of safety” means any place designated by the Minister, and includes a foster home, a convent, a charitable institution, an institution for children and a hospital; “pseudo-photograph” means an image, whether made by computer graphics or by any other means, which appears to be a photograph; “Scheme” means the Child Mentoring Scheme set up under section 3A. [S. 2 amended by Act 15 of 1998; s. 22 (1) (a) of Act 22 of 2003 w.e.f. 9 August 2003; s. 3 of Act 40 of 2008 w.e.f. 20 December 2008.]