Title : Power to Commit Neglected Juvenile to Suitable Custody
State : Central
Year : 1986
(1) If the Board so thinks fit, it may, instead of making an order under sub-section (2) of Sec. 15, for sending the juvenile to a juvenile home, make an order placing the juvenile under the care of a parent, guardian or other fit person, on such parent, guardian or fit person executing a bond with or without surety to be responsible for the good behaviour and well-being of the juvenile and for the observance of such conditions as the Board may think fit to impose. (2) At the time of making an order under sub-section (1) or at any time subsequently, the Board may, in addition, make an order that the juvenile be placed under supervision for any period not exceeding three years in the first instance. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or subsection (2), if at..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Transfer of Juveniles of Unsound Mind or Suffering from Leprosy or Addicted to Drugs
State : Central
Year : 1986
(1) Where it appears to the State Government that any Juvenile kept in a special home or juvenile home or institution in pursuance of this Act is suffering from leprosy so is of unsound mind, or is addicted to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substances, the State Government may order his removal to a leper asylum or mental hospital or treatment centre for drug addicts or other place of safe custody for being kept there for such period not exceeding the period for which he is required to be kept in custody under the orders of the competent authority or for such further period as may be certified by the medical officer to be necessary for the proper treatment of the juvenile. (2) Where it appears to the State Government that the juvenile is cured of leprosy or of unsoundness of mind..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provision in Respect of Escaped Juveniles
State : Central
Year : 1986
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, any police officer may take charge without warrant of a juvenile who has escaped from a special home or a juvenile home or from the care of a person under whom he was placed under this Act and shall send the juvenile back to the special home or the juvenile home or that person, as the case may be; and no proceeding shall be instituted in respect of the juvenile by reason of such escape but the special home, juvenile home or the person may, after giving the information to the competent authority which passed the order in respect of the juvenile, take such steps against the juvenile as may be deemed necessary. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
State : Central
Year : 2000
Preamble 1 - JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000 [Act, No. 56 OF 2000] [30th December, 2000] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection, by providing for proper care, protection and treatment by catering to their development needs, and by adopting a child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposition of matters in the best interest of children and for their ultimate rehabilitation 1 [and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.] Whereas the Constitution has, in several provisions, including clause (3) of article 15, clauses (e) and (f) of article 39,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : No Joint Proceeding of Juvenile and Person Not a Juvenile
State : Central
Year : 2000
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or in any other law for the time being in force, no juvenile shall be charged with or tried for any offence together with a person who is not a juvenile. (2) If a juvenile is accused of an offence for which under section 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or any other law for the time being in force, such juvenile and any person who is not a juvenile would, but for the prohibition contained in sub-section (1), have been charged and tried together, the Board taking cognizance of that offence shall direct separate trials of the juvenile and the other person. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : No Joint Trial of Juvenile and Person Not a Juvenile
State : Central
Year : 1986
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sec. 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or in any other law for the time being in force, no juvenile shall be charged with or tried for, any offence, together with a person who is not juvenile. (2) If a juvenile is accused of an offence for which under Sec. 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or any other law for the time being in force, such juvenile and any person who is not a juvenile would, but for the prohibition contained in sub-section (1), have been charged and tried together, the Court taking cognizance of that offence shall direct separate trials of the juvenile and the other person. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Committal to Approved Place of Juvenile Suffering from Dangerous Disease and His Future Disposal
State : Central
Year : 1986
(1) When a Juvenile who has been brought before a competent authority under this Act is found to be suffering from a disease requiring prolonged medical treatment or physical or mental complaint that will respond to treatment, the competent authority may send the juvenile to any place recognised to be an approved place in accordance with the rules made under this Act for such period as it may think necessary for the required treatment. (2) Where a juvenile is found to be suffering from leprosy or is of unsound mind, he shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Lepers Act, 1898 (3 of 1898), or the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (4 of 1912), as the case may be. (3) Where a competent authority has taken action under sub- section (1) in the case of juvenile suffering from an infectious..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Transfer between children's homes under the Act, and juvenile homes of like nature in different parts of India.
State : Central
Year : 2000
Section 57 - Transfer between children's homes under the Act, and juvenile homes of like nature in different parts of India. 1[The State Government may direct any child or the juvenile to be transferred from any children's home or special home within the State to any other children's home, special home or institution of a like nature or to such institutions outside the State in consultation with the concerned State Government and with the prior intimation to the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, and such order shall be deemed to be operative for the competent authority of the area to which the child or the juvenile is sent.] ___________________________________________________ 1.Substituted for the follolwing by the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Production of Neglected Juveniles Before Boards
State : Central
Year : 1986
(1) If any police officer or any other person or organisation authorised by the State Government in this behalf, by general or special order, is of opinion that a person is apparently a neglected juvenile, such police officer or other person or organisation may take charge of that person for bringing him before a Board. (2) When information is given to an officer-in-charge of police station about any neglected juvenile found within the limits of such station, he shall enter in a book to be kept for the purpose the substance of such information and take such action thereon as he deems fit and if such officer does not propose to take charge of the juvenile, he shall forward a copy of the entry made to the Board. (3) Every juvenile taken charge of under sub-section (1) shall be brought..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Juvenile Justice Board
State : Central
Year : 2000
Section 4 - Juvenile Justice Board ( 1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ( 2 of 1974), the State Government may,1[within a period of one year from the date of commencement of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for every district,] one or more Juvenile Justice Boards for exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on such Boards in relation to juveniles in conflict with law under this Act. ( 2) A Board shall consist of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class, as the case may be, and two social workers of whom at least one shall be a woman, forming a Bench and every such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section