CHILD'S RIGHT ACT

Section 65: Power of Minister to provide for manner of giving effect to directions for use of scientific tests.

2003Section 65 of 278Federal Republic of Nigeria

The Minister may by regulations make provisions as to the manner of giving effect to directions given under Section 63 of this Act and, in particular, the regulations may-(a) provide that scientific samples shall not be taken except by such medical practitioners as maybe appointed by the Minister;
(b) regulate the taking, identification and transporting of the scientific samples;
(c) require the production, at the time when a scientific sample is to be taken of such evidence as to the identity of the person from whom it is to be taken, as may be prescribed by the regulations;
(d) require any person from whom a scientific sample is to be taken, or, in such cases as may be prescribed by the regulations, such other person as may be so prescribed, to state in writing whether he or the person from whom the sample is to betaken, as the case may be, has during such period as maybe specified in the regulations, suffered from any such illness as may be so specified or received a transfusion of blood;
(e) provide that scientific tests shall not be carried out except by such persons, and at such places, as may be appointed by the Minister;
(f) prescribe the scientific tests to be carried out and the manner in which they are to carried out;
(g) regulate the charges that may be made for the taking and testing of the scientific sample and for the making of a report to a court under Section 63 of this Act;
(h) make provision for securing that, so far as practicable the samples to be tested for the purpose of giving effect to a direction under section 63 of this Act are tested by the same person;
(i) prescribe the form of the report to be made to a court under Section 63 of this Act.

Cite this section

Section 65, CHILD'S RIGHT ACT (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/child-s-right-act/section/65/