The Children’s Protection Act 1899 (No 730 of 62 and 63 Vic, 1899) was fully entitled: An Act relating to the Protection of Children. It began on 21 December 1899 and was repealed by the Children’s Protection Act 1936 on 1 April 1937. The Act allowed for the removal of children to an institution if they were found by a court to be neglected.
Key provision: An offence for a near relative or other person having the care, custody or control of a child to neglect to provide food, clothing and lodging for the child; to ill-treat, neglect, abandon or expose the child or cause the child to be so treated. A child found by a court to be so treated may be removed to an institution. Repealed by Children’s Protection Act 1936.
Amending acts: Act No.875/1904, Act No.1334/1918, Act No.2252/1935.