juvenile justice act 2015

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 92 : Placement of a child suffering from disease requiring prolonged medical treatment in an approved place : When a child, who has been brought before the Committee or the Board, is found to be suffering from a disease requiring…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 91 : Dispensing with attendance of child : (1) If, at any stage during the course of an inquiry, the Committee or the Board is satisfied that the attendance of the child is not essential for the purpose of inquiry,…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Chapter X : Miscellaneous : Section 90 : Attendance of parent or guardian of child : The Committee or the Board, as the case may be, before which a child is brought under any of the provisions of this Act, may,…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 89 : Offence committed by child under this Chapter : Any child who commits any offence under this Chapter shall be considered as a child in conflict with law under this Act.

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 88 : Alternative punishment : Where an act or omission constitutes an offence punishable under this Act and also under any other law for the time being in force, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any such law, the offender found…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 87 : Abetment : Whoever abets any offence under this Act, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with the punishment provided for that offence. 1.[Explanation : For the purposes of this section,…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 86 : 1.[Classification of offences and designated court : (1) Where an offence under this Act is punishable with imprisonment for a term of more than seven years, then, such offence shall be cognizable and non-bailable. (2) Where an offence…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 85 : Offences committed on disabled children : Whoever commits any of the offences referred to in this Chapter on any child who is disabled as so certified by a medical practitioner, then, such person shall be liable to twice…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 84 : Kidnapping and abduction of child : For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of sections 359 to 369 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall mutatis mutandis apply to a child or a minor who…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 83 : Use of child by militant groups or other adults : (1)Any non-State, self-styled militant group or outfit declared as such by the Central Government, if recruits or uses any child for any purpose, shall be liable for rigorous…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 82 : Corporal punishment : (1) Any person in-charge of or employed in a child care institution, who subjects a child to corporal punishment with the aim of disciplining the child, shall be liable, on the first conviction, to a…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 81 : Sale and procurement of children for any purpose : Any person who sells or buys a child for any purpose shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and shall also…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 80 : Punitive measures for adoption without following prescribed procedures : If any person or organisation offers or gives or receives, any orphan, abandoned or surrendered child, for the purpose of adoption without following the provisions or procedures as provided…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 79 : Exploitation of a child employee : Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, whoever ostensibly engages a child and keeps him in bondage for the purpose of employment or withholds his earnings or…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 78 : Using a child for vending, peddling, carrying, supplying or smuggling any intoxicating liquor, narcotic drug or psychotropic substance : Whoever uses a child, for vending, peddling, carrying, supplying or smuggling any intoxicating liquor, narcotic drug or psychotropic substance,…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 77 : Penalty for giving intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a child : Whoever gives, or causes to be given, to any child any intoxicating liquor or any narcotic drug or tobacco products or psychotropic substance,…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 76 : Employment of child for begging : (1) Whoever employs or uses any child for the purpose of begging or causes any child to beg shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Section 75 : Punishment for cruelty to child : Whoever, having the actual charge of, or control over, a child, assaults, abandons, abuses, exposes or wilfully neglects the child or causes or procures the child to be assaulted, abandoned, abused, exposed…

Juvenile Justice Act 2015 Chapter IX ( Section 74 to 89 ) : Other Offences Against Children : Section 74 : Prohibition on disclosure of identity of children : (1) No report in any newspaper, magazine, news-sheet or audio-visual media or other forms of communication…