Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 37 : Orders passed regarding a child in need of care and protection : (1) The Committee on being satisfied through the inquiry that the child before the Committee is a child in need of care and protection, may, on…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 36 : Inquiry : (1) On production of a child or receipt of a report under section 31, the Committee shall hold an inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed and the Committee, on its own or on the…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 35 : Surrender of children : (1) A parent or guardian, who for physical, emotional and social factors beyond their control, wishes to surrender a child, shall produce the child before the Committee. (2) If, after prescribed process of inquiry…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 34 : Penalty for non-reporting : Any person who has committed an offence under section 33 shall be liable to imprisonment up to six months or fine of ten thousand rupees or both.
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 33 : Offence of non-reporting : If information regarding a child as required under section 32 is not given within the period specified in the said section, then, such act shall be regarded as an offence.
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 32 : Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian : (1) Any individual or a police officer or any functionary of any organisation or a nursing home or hospital or maternity home, who or which finds and takes…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Chapter VI : Procedure In Relation To Children In Need Of Care And Protection : Section 31 : Production before Committee : (1) Any child in need of care and protection may be produced before the Committee by any of the…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 30 : Functions and responsibilities of Committee : The functions and responsibilities of the Committee shall include— (i) taking cognizance of and receiving the children produced before it; (ii) conducting inquiry on all issues relating to and affecting the safety…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 29 : Powers of Committee : (1) The Committee shall have the authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection, as well as to provide for their…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 28 : Procedure in relation to Committee : (1) The Committee shall meet at least twenty days in a month and shall observe such rules and procedures with regard to the transaction of business at its meetings, as may be…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Chapter V ( Section 27 to 30 ) : Child Welfare Committee : Section 27 : Child Welfare Committee : (1) The State Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette constitute for every district, one or more Child Welfare Committees…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 26 : Provision with respect of run away child in conflict with law : (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, any police officer may take charge of a child…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 25 : Special provision in respect of pending cases : Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all proceedings in respect of a child alleged or found to be in conflict with law pending before any Board or court on the…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 24 : Removal of disqualification on the findings of an offence : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, a child who has committed an offence and has been dealt with under the…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 23 : No joint proceedings of child in conflict with law and person not a child : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or in any other law for…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 22 : Proceeding under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply against child : Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or any preventive detention law for the time being…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 21 : Order that may not be passed against a child in conflict with law : No child in conflict with law shall be sentenced to death or for life imprisonment without the possibility of release, for any such offence,…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 20 : Child attained age of twenty-one years and yet to complete prescribed term of stay in place of safety : (1) When the child in conflict with the law attains the age of twenty-one years and is yet to…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 19 : Powers of Childrens Court : (1) After the receipt of preliminary assessment from the Board under section 15, the Children´s Court may decide that— (i) there is a need for trial of the child as an adult as…
Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 18 : Orders regarding child found to be in conflict with law : (1) Where a Board is satisfied on inquiry that a child irrespective of age has committed a petty offence, or a serious offence, or a child below…