Definition
(1) Any person who fails to fulfil the obligations conferred upon them by family law, which
provides for the care, education or support of family members, shall be sentenced to a
penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to one year, upon compliant.
(2) Any person who abandons his pregnant wife, or a pregnant single woman with whom
he lives where he is aware of such pregnancy and he is the biological father, shall be
sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three months to one year.
(3) Where a mother or father seriously endangers the health, safety or morality of their
children as a result of a lack of moral or material care derived from degrading behaviour
and actions, alcoholism or the use of narcotics or psychotropic substances,
notwithstanding any loss of parental responsibility, shall be sentenced to a penalty of
imprisonment for a term of three months to one year.