practical steps to be taken by a child or other person to avoid
child betrothal or marriage.
(2)
The practical steps to be taken, as required in subsection (1),
may include(a)
placing one’s passport in safe keeping;
(b)
reporting perpetrators of child marriage to a child
marriage prohibition officer or an appropriate authority; or
(c)
informing a child marriage prohibition officer or an
appropriate authority when a child is being taken out of
any jurisdiction, on suspicion that the child is to be
betrothed or married off.
(3)
In order to encourage persons to report a possible child betrothal
or marriage, the Ministry shall(a)
establish toll free child help lines, including the adoption
and allocation of SADC harmonised toll free helpline
numbers to facilitate cross-border protection of children;
and
(b)
provide
incentives,
protection
and
confidentiality
to
informers reporting on an impending child betrothal or
marriage.
42.
Anti-child marriage fund or alternative financial resources
(1)
The Minister shall, with the approval of the Minister responsible
for finance, establish an anti-child marriage fund or recommend
to the Minister responsible for finance, in consultation with a
portfolio Minister, that funds be directly allocated to the portfolio
ministry for purposes of eradicating child marriage, preventing
child marriage, assisting children already in marriages, assisting
victims
of
child
marriages
and
supporting
the
general
implementation of the measures, public sensitsation, advocacy
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