SOUTH AFRICA Law and Practice Contributed by: Zenobia du Toit and Samantha Lewis, Miller du Toit Cloete Inc
Judge and Justice Mocumie of the SCA is the Hague Liaison Judge. Section 28 (h) of the SA Constitution states that every child has the right to have a legal practitioner assigned to the child by the state, and at state expense, in civil proceedings affecting the child, if substantial injustice would otherwise result. Sec - tion 279, CA provides that a legal representative must represent the child in all applications in terms of the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. 3.4 Non-Hague Convention Countries See 3.2 Steps Taken to Return Abducted Children .
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