South Africa: Social Development Briefs Parliament On Children's Amendment Bills

press release

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Social Development was on August 5 briefed by the Department of Social Development on the Children's Amendment Bill (Bill 13 of 2015) and the Children's Second Amendment Bill (Bill 14 of 2015).

Among other proposals, the Children's Amendment Bill seeks to introduce the definition of 'sexual offence' as a way of aligning the Children's Act with the Sexual Offences Act.

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