Title : Continuation of Proceedings Against Child on His Completing Specified Age
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
Continuation of proceedings against child on his 1[completing] specified age For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be a child, if at the time of the initiation of any proceedings against him under this Act or at the time of his arrest in connection with which any proceedings are initiated against him under this Act, such person 2[has not completed the age] as specified in clause (e) of section 4 : Provided that, if during the course of the proceedings under this Act such person 3[completes the age] specified in the said clause, the proceedings already commenced shall be continued and orders may be passed in respect of such persons under this Act as if such person was a child notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act. __________________ 1. This word..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provisions of Act Viii of 1897, and of V of 1898 and of Cv of 1956 Not to Apply to Area in Which This Act is Brought into Operation or to Any Approved Centre Etc.
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
1[Provisions of Act VIII of 1897, and of V of 1898 and of CV of 1956 not to apply to area in which this Act is brought into operation or to any 2[Approved Centre] etc. 3[(1)] The provisions of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897, and of sections 29B and 399 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18984, shall cease to apply to any area in which Parts II to XI of this Act have been brought into operation. 3[(2) Any youthful offender detained in a reformatory school in any area in pursuance of an order made under the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897, who continues to be detained therein on the date on which that Act ceases to apply to such area shall, as from that date, be deemed to have been detained under an order made under this Act as if he had been originally ordered to be detained in 5[an..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers and Functions of Courts Having Jurisdiction Under the Act
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
Part II POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION UNDER THE ACT View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Juvenile Courts
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
For the purposes of this Act, the 1[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish one or more juvenile courts for any local area. _______________ 1. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Courts Empowered to Exercise Powers of Juvenile Courts
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
The powers conferred upon a juvenile court under this Act shall, subject to the provisions thereof, be also exercisable by the following courts, whether trying any case originally, or on appeal or in revision, as the case may be - (a) the High Court, (b) a Court of session, 1[(c) x x x] 1[(d) x x x] (e) a salaried Presidency Magistrate, (f) a salaried Magistrate of the First Class. _______________ 1. Clauses (c) and (d) were deleted by Bom. 23 of 1951, section 2. Schedule, Fart III. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : No Joint Trial of Child and Adult in Area Where Juvenile Court Exists
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, or any other law for the time being in force, no child shall be charged with or tried for any offence together with an adult if a juvenile court has been established for the area where the trial of such case is to take place. (2) If a child is accused of an offence for which under section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, or any other law for the time being in force, such child and the adult could, but for the provisions of sub-section (1), have been tried together the court taking cognizance of the offence shall direct separate trials of the child and the adult; if a juvenile court has been established for the local area the child shall be tried by the juvenile court and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure in Appealable Summons Cases to Be Followed by Juvenile Courts and Magistrates Courts in Trials of Children
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
A juvenile court and in a case in which a child is not being tried jointly with an adult, a Magistrate empowered under section 8 to exercise the powers of a juvenile court shall, as far as practicable and subject to the provisions of this Act, follow the procedure provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, for summary trials in summons cases in which an appeals lies. ________________ 1. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Sittings, Etc. of Juvenile Courts Etc.
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
(1) A juvenile court shall hold its sittings at such places, on such days and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) In the trial of a case in which a child is charged with an offence and is not being tried jointly with an adult a court shall, as far as may be practicable, sit in a different building or room from that in which the ordinary sittings of the court are held, or on different days, or at different times from those at which the ordinary sittings of the court are held. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Adult to Be Committed to Sessions in a Case to Be Committed to Sessions
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
In the trial of a case in which a child is being tried together with an adult in accordance with the provisions of this Act, if the Magistrate trying the case comes to the conclusion that the case is a fit one for committal to the court of session, he shall separate the case in respect of the child from that in respect of the adult and shall direct the adult alone to be committed to the court of sessions for trial and shall proceed with the trial of the case in respect of the child notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, or any other law for the time being in force. _________________ 1 See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appearance of Legal Practitioners Before Juvenile Courts
State : Maharashtra
Year : 1948
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, a legal practitioner shall not be entitled to appear in any case or proceeding before a juvenile court, unless the juvenile court is of opinion that in public interests the appearance of a legal practitioner is necessary in such case or proceeding and authorises, for reasons to be recorded in writing, a legal practitioner to appear in such case or proceeding. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section