s.192Duty of head of family
192
Section 192Part 6Offences Against the Person

Duty of head of family

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192. It is the duty of every person who, as head of a family, has charge of a child under the age of seventeen years, being a member of that person’s household, to provide the necessaries of life for such child; and that person is held to have caused the consequences which result to the life or health of the child by reason of any omission to perform that duty, whether the child is helpless or not.