Section 120 — JUVENILE COURTS ACT 1947

(a)

any Court when there is before the Court any proceedings concerning a child in need of protection;

(b)

any Court when so requested by the Court; and

(c)

the Director General, a Protector, any police officer or any member of a Child Protection Team or Child Welfare

Team when any of them requires such details for the purposes of any proceedings under this Act or for the purposes of taking action in respect of, or providing assistance to, a child in need of protection.

(2)

Details contained in the Register may be furnished to—

(a)

persons engaged in bona fide research whose access to the

Register is authorized by the Director General for that purpose; or

(b)

persons or classes of persons authorized by the Director

General to have access to the Register on the grounds that

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their access to the Register will promote the protection of a child or children.

(3)

Details furnished under this section shall not include any information which discloses or likely to lead to the disclosure of the identity of any person who has given any information that a child is in need of protection.

Offence in respect of Register