The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

Act No. 02

31-Dec-2015

Section 1 — Short title, extent, commencement and application

1. Short title, extent, commencement and application .

(1)This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

(2)It extends to the whole of India 1***.

(3)It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

(4)Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all matters concerning children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law, including -

(i)apprehension, detention, prosecution, penalty or imprisonment, rehabilitation and social re-integration of children in conflict with law;

(ii)procedures and decisions or orders relating to rehabilitation, adoption, re -integration, and restoration of children in need of care and protection.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(1)“abandoned child ” means a child deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or guardians, who has been declared as abandoned by the Committee after due inquiry;

Section 2 — 15th January, 2016, vide notification No. S.O. 110(E), dated 12th January, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,

2. 15th January, 2016, vide notification No. S.O. 110(E), dated 12th January, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,

Section 3 — ( ii).

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(2)“adoption ” means the process through which the adopted child is permanently separated from his biological parents and becomes the lawful child of his adoptive parents with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities that are attached to a biological child;

(3)“adoption regulations ” means the regulations framed by the Authority and notified by the Central Government in respect of adoption; 1[* * * * *]

(5)“aftercare ” means making provision of support, financial or otherwise, to persons, who have completed the age of eighteen years but have not completed the age of twenty -one years, and have left any institutional care to join the mainstream of the society;