Raised the age limit for children’s courts from 16 to 17 which caused a sudden increase in case numbers.[i] It also provided for the state registration and inspection of orphanages.[ii]
Footnotes
- [i] go to main content Bronwyn Dalley, Family Matters, Wellington, 1998, p. 102.
- [ii] go to main content Margaret Tennant, The Fabric of Welfare: Voluntary Organisations, Government, and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005, 2007, p. 28, p. 105.