Children and Young Persons Act · s 26

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s 26Duty of child care centre

(1)

If a child care centre believes on reasonable grounds that a child is physically or emotionally injured as a result of being ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed, or is sexually abused, it shall immediately inform a protector.

(2)

Any child care centre which fails to comply with subsection (1)

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

(3)

In this section, “child care centre” means a child care centre licensed under the Child Care Centres Act (Chapter 218).