CHILD'S RIGHT ACT

Section 17: Right of unborn child to protection against harm, etc.

2003Section 17 of 278Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A child may bring an action for damages against a person for harm or injury caused to the child wiilfully, recklessly, negligently of through neglect before, during or after the birth of that child.
(2) Where the father of an unborn child dies intestate, the unborn child is entitled, if he was conceived during the lifetime of his father, to be considered in the distribution of the estate of the deceased father.
(3) Where the mother of an unborn child dies intestate before the child is delivered, the unborn child is entitled, if he survives his mother, to be considered in the distribution of the estate of the deceased mother.

Cite this section

Section 17, CHILD'S RIGHT ACT (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/child-s-right-act/section/17/