Select Child law A number of cases in which it is considered The child He is at risk, which requires the intervention of the competent authorities to protect him and take the necessary measures to preserve his physical, psychological and social safety.
According to Article 96 of the law, a child is considered at risk if he is found in a situation that threatens the integrity of the upbringing that must be provided to him, in any of the following cases:
14 cases identified by the Children’s Law for immediate intervention
1- If his security, morals, health or life are exposed to danger.
2- If the conditions of his upbringing in the family, school, care institutions, or other places would expose him to danger, or if he would be exposed to neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation, or homelessness.
3- If the child is deprived, without justification, of his right, even partially, to custody or seeing one of his parents or whoever has the right to do so.
4- If the person obligated to support him abandons him, or he is exposed to the loss of his parents, or one of them, or their abandonment, or his guardian, abdicates responsibility before him.
5- If the child is deprived of basic education or his educational future is at risk.
6- If he is exposed within the family, school, care institutions, or others to incitement to violence, immoral acts, pornographic acts, commercial exploitation, harassment, sexual exploitation, or the illegal use of alcohol or narcotic substances that affect the mental state.
7- If he is found to be a beggar, and the acts of begging include offering trivial goods or services or performing acrobatic games and other things that are not suitable for a serious source of livelihood.
8- If he collects cigarette butts or other waste and trash.
9- If he does not have a stable place of residence or he usually spends the night on the roads or in other places not prepared for residence or overnight stays.
10- If he mixes with deviants, suspects, or those who are known to have bad conduct.
11- If he is misbehaving and evading the authority of his father, guardian, custodian, or guardian, or from the authority of his mother in the event of his guardian’s death, absence, or incapacity.
In this case, it is not permissible to take any action against the child, even if it is an evidentiary procedure, except based on a complaint from his father, guardian, guardian, mother, or guardian, as the case may be.
12- If the child does not have a legitimate means of living or a reliable breadwinner.
13- If he suffers from a physical, mental, or psychological illness or mental weakness in a way that affects his ability to perceive or choose, such that this illness or weakness fears his safety or the safety of others.
14- If the child is under the age of seven and an incident occurs that constitutes a felony or misdemeanor.
Except for the cases stipulated in Clauses (3) and (4), anyone who exposes a child to a situation of danger shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than six months and a fine of not less than two thousand pounds and not exceeding five thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties.
