fit person means any person, prepared to own the responsibility of a child, for a specific purpose, and such person is identified after inquiry made in this behalf and recognised as fit for the said purpose, by the Committee or, as the case may be, the Board, to receive and take care of the child;
fit person means a person of full age who is of high moral character and integrity and of sound mind who is not a relative of the child and capable of looking after a child, and has been approved by a social welfare officer as being able to provide a caring home for a child;
fit person means a person, being a social worker or any other person, who is prepared to own the responsibiliy of a child and is found fit by the competent authority to receive and take care of the child;
More Definitions of fit person
fit person means a person whom the court or the protector, having regard to the character of the person, thinks competent to provide care, protection and supervision of a child or young person;
fit person means a person of good character, who is not an undischarged bankrupt and has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty or has not been so convicted since a period to be specified from time to time by the Council;
fit person means a relative of the child or such other person, including a body corporate, authority, agency or society established for the reception of children and young persons to whom this Act applies and who is found by the court to be a suitable person to care for the child;”;
fit person or "fit institution" means any person or institution (not being a police station or jail) found fit by the competent authority to receive and take care of a juvenile entrusted to his or its care and protection on the terms and conditions specified by the competent authority;
fit person means a person, being a social worker or any otherperson, who is prepared to own the responsibility of a child and isfound fit by the competent authority to receive and take care of thechild;
fit person means a person in respect of whom it is shown to the satisfaction of the Court to be of high moral character and integrity, and who is capable of exercising proper care and guardianship of a child;
fit person means an adult who is of high moral character and integrity, who has mental capacity to look after a child and is able to provide a caring home for a child;