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S.I. No. 5/1998: GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN (STATUTORY DECLARATION) REGULATIONS, 1998. |
 | | A statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (e) of section 2(4) (inserted by the Children Act, 1997 (No. 40 of 1997)) of the Guardiandship of Infants Act, 1964 (No. 7 of 1964) shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. |
 | | These regulations prescribe the form of the joint statutory declaration to be made by the mother and father of a non-marital child who wish the father to become a guardian of the child jointly with the mother in accordance with section 2(4) (inserted by the Children Act, 1997) of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964. |
 | | In the absence of agreement between the parents of the child concerned in respect of the appointment of the father as joint guardian of the child, the father has a right to apply to the Court under section 6A of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 to be made a joint guardian. |
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