s.3Complaints by single women or by guardians appointed by the court
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Complaints by single women or by guardians appointed by the court

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Any single woman who is with child or who is delivered of a child may —
either before or at any time within twelve months after the birth of such child;
at any time thereafter upon proof that the man alleged to be the father of such child has, within the twelve months after the birth of such child, paid money for its maintenance or contributed to its support; or
at any time within the twelve months next after the return to the Islands of the man alleged to be the father of such child upon proof that he ceased to reside in the Islands within the twelve months next after the birth of such child, make complaint, on oath or affirmation, before a Justice of the Peace alleging some man to be the father of the child.
Where the mother of a child has died, is of unsound mind, is in prison or is not within the Islands, the court may, if it sees fit, upon the application of any person who has the actual care and custody of the child, by order under its hand appoint that person to be guardian of and have custody of such child and the court may, at any time, revoke the appointment of that person and may, upon the application of some other person, appoint that other person to be guardian of such child.
The guardian of a child in respect of whom no affiliation order has been made on the application of its mother shall have the same right to make complaint under subsection (1) as is conferred upon a single woman who has been delivered of such a child and that subsection shall apply accordingly.

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