Syed Hussein Al -Qassab
The Shura Council will discuss during its session on Sunday morning the report of the Women and Child Affairs Committee regarding the proposal of a law to amend some provisions of the Child Law issued by Law No. 37 of 2012 “in its amended form”.
The committee pointed out that the proposal of a law sets the controls for licensing to create custody houses, in line with the legislative policy in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which sets controls for the license, as this policy decides that the commitment to the license is a condition for construction, employment or management.
The proposal by the law also emphasizes the necessity of legislative intervention to address the defect that included the first paragraph of the text of Article 63 of the Window Child Law, as it states that “imprisonment and a fine of no less than two hundred dinars, and does not exceed one thousand dinars or one of these two penalties, whoever creates or ran a custody house or changes its location or specifications.”
The committee pointed out that the proposal stresses the necessity of replacing the phrase “people with disabilities” in question Disability, as the agreement used the term “disabilities” instead of “disabled”.
For its part, the Ministry of Education stated that it appreciates the basic goals and principles to which the proposal is aimed at the law, and the council was keen to harmonize the legislation in force in the Kingdom with the procedures followed for licensing to establish and operate the nurseries, and taking into account the text to criminalize and punish any illegal acts. She stated that Article 3 of Resolution No. 11 of 2014 competent to establish custody houses states that: “No natural or legal person may establish a nursery house except after obtaining a license to do so from the ministry in accordance with the provisions mentioned in this decision.
In turn, the Ministry of Social Development expressed the inability to submit its final views regarding the proposal of the law independently at this stage, as it considers that this requires waiting for the government’s response note that will include a comprehensive vision that relies on the outcomes of consultation with all the concerned authorities, to ensure a comprehensive and accurate briefing on the effects and dimensions of the proposal by law.
