Section 227Part 7 — Offences Relating to Children
Children not to be used for begging
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A person who causes any child under the age of sixteen years, or, having responsibility for such a child, allows the child to be in any street, premises or place for the purpose of —
begging or receiving alms; or
inducing the giving of alms (whether or not there is any pretence of singing, playing, performing, offering anything for sale, or otherwise),
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
A person who, having responsibility for a child, is charged with an offence under subsection (1), and it is proved that —
the child was in any street, premises or place for any purpose mentioned in that subsection; and
the person charged allowed that child to be there for that purpose,
that person shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have allowed the child to be there for that purpose.
A person who, while singing, playing, performing or offering anything for sale in a street or public place has with that person a child who has been lent or hired out to that person, the child shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be in that street or place for the purpose of inducing the giving of alms.