# Children’s Amendment Bill

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/childrens2022/
- Published: 2022-10-03T13:50:36+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### **165 **comments delivered (closed 21 October 2022)

### The Select Committee on Health and Social Services invited written comments on the Children’s Amendment Bill

The Bill seeks to amend the Children’s Act, 2005; so as to:

    - amend and insert certain definitions;
    - extend the children’s court jurisdiction;
    - further provide for the care of abandoned or orphaned children and additional
      matters that may be regulated;
    - provide for additional matters relating to children in alternative care; and
      to provide for matters connected therewith.

After four years of debate and consultation, it took only half an hour for the Social
Development Portfolio Committee to decide on amendments.

[click to view a report, all public comments and documents ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/childrens2022/summary)

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