Children Act, 1997

Power of court to appoint certain fathers as guardians.

6.—Section 6A (inserted by the Status of Children Act, 1987 ) of the Act of 1964 is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) Where the father and mother of a child have not married each other and have not made a declaration under section 2(4), or where the father was a guardian of the child by virtue of a declaration under section 2(4) but was removed from office under section 8(4), the court may, on the application of the father, by order, appoint the father to be a guardian of the child.”, and

(b) by the deletion of subsection (3).