11.     Neglect or ill-treatment of children

            (1) Any parent or guardian of a child or any person having the custody of a child who neglects, ill-treats or exploits the child or allows or causes him to be neglected, ill-treated or exploited shall be guilty of an offence.

            (2) For the purposes of this section a child shall be deemed to have been neglected if the parent or guardian or any person having the custody of the child-

     (a)     unreasonably fails to provide or pay for adequate food, clothing or housing for the child;

     (b)     unreasonably fails to make adequate provision for the proper health and care of the child;

     (c)     unreasonably leaves the child in the care of any person or institution without showing any further interest in the child; or

     (d)     exposes the child to conditions or circumstances which are likely to cause him physical, mental or psychological distress or damage.

12.     Corruption of children

            (1) Any parent or guardian or any person having the custody of a child who causes or conduces to the seduction, abduction or prostitution of the child or the commission by the child of an immoral act shall be guilty of an offence.

            (2) For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to have caused the seduction, abduction or prostitution of a child if, being the parent or guardian or having the custody of the child, he knowingly allows the child to consort with or enter or continue in the employment of a prostitute or person of known immoral character.

13.     Medical examination and treatment of children

            Where a commissioner has reason to suspect that a child who is within the area of his jurisdiction is in need of medical attention he may authorize a Government medical officer to examine the child or direct the person in whose custody the child is to remove the child to a hospital for such examination.