Section 14 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and the child’s capacity to litigate

dc.contributor.authorBoezaart, C.J. (Trynie)
dc.contributor.authorDe Bruin, D.W. (David Wegeling)
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T07:47:36Z
dc.date.available2012-04-24T07:47:36Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractArtikel 14 van die Kinderwet bepaal dat elke kind die reg het om ´n saak na ´n hof te bring asook om bygestaan te word om ´n saak aldus te bring. In hierdie bydrae word artikel 14 en die invloed/gevolge daarvan op ´n kind se verskyningsbevoegdheid ondersoek. Met die oog hierop word die gemeenregtelike beperkings op ´n infans en ´n minderjarige se verskyningsbevoegdheid oorweeg. Daar word ook aangedui hoe hierdie beperkings in die verlede gehanteer is en hoe die rol van byvoorbeeld die kurator ad litem in regspraak aangewend en ontwikkel is. Die Grondwet het in artikel 28(1)(h) vir kinders ´n reg op regsvertenwoordiging in siviele sake op staatskoste beding, mits dit andersins tot wesenlike onreg sou lei. Die regspraak het daartoe bygedra dat die onderskeie rolle van ´n kurator ad litem en ´n artikel 28(1)(h)- regsverteenwoordiger uitgeklaar is. Alhoewel artikel 14, veral in samewerking met artikel 10, ´n bydrae lewer om kinders se deelname in die regsproses te verseker, word aan die hand gedoen dat artikel 14 nie met die gemeenregtelike beperkings op ´n kind se verskyningsbevoegdheid weggedoen het nie.af
dc.description.abstractThe Children’s Act introduces new possibilities regarding child litigation in South Africa. The inclusion of section 14 in the Children’s Act raises the question whether it is possible for children to institute proceedings in a court. Section 14 states that "every child has the right to bring, and to be assisted in bringing a matter to a court, provided that matter falls within the jurisdiction of that court”. One of the objectives of the Children’s Act is “to give effect to certain rights of children as contained in the Constitution”. The Constitution contains a general provision granting “everyone” (thus including children) the right to access to courts. Furthermore it adds in the children’s section the right to be assigned a legal practitioner in civil proceedings affecting the child.en
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.dejure.up.ac.za/en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoezaart, T & De Bruin, DW 2011, 'Section 14 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and the child’s capacity to litigate', De Jure, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 416-438.en
dc.identifier.issn1466-3597
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18603
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en_US
dc.rightsPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en
dc.subjectChildren’s Act 38 of 2005en
dc.subjectChild litigationen
dc.subject.lcshChildren's rights -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshChildren -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshLegal assistance to children -- South Africaen
dc.titleSection 14 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and the child’s capacity to litigateen
dc.title.alternativeArtikel 14 van die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 en die verskyningsbevoegdheid van 'n kindaf
dc.typeArticleen

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