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  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014

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    The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 seeks to (1) achieve the objectives of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, (2) specify procedural safeguards for children in conflict with law, and (3) address challenges in the existing Act such as delays in adoption processes and high pendency of cases. The Bill defines a child as anyone under 18 but allows for 16-18 year olds committing heinous crimes to be tried as adults. It establishes Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees, and Special Juvenile Police Units to care for and protect children in need as well as those in conflict with the law.

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    ACTS,CHILD,SEX

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    The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 seeks to (1) achieve the objectives of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, (2) specify procedural safeguards for children in conflict with law, and (3) address challenges in the existing Act such as delays in adoption processes and high pendency of cases. The Bill defines a child as anyone under 18 but allows for 16-18 year olds committing heinous crimes to be tried as adults. It establishes Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees, and Special Juvenile Police Units to care for and protect children in need as well as those in conflict with the law.

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    The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014

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    The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 seeks to (1) achieve the objectives of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, (2) specify procedural safeguards for children in conflict with law, and (3) address challenges in the existing Act such as delays in adoption processes and high pendency of cases. The Bill defines a child as anyone under 18 but allows for 16-18 year olds committing heinous crimes to be tried as adults. It establishes Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees, and Special Juvenile Police Units to care for and protect children in need as well as those in conflict with the law.

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    TheJuvenileJustice(CareandProtectionofChildren)Bill,2014

    TheJuvenileJustice(CareandProtectionofChildren)Bill,2014wasintroducedbytheMinisterofWomenandChild
    Development,ManekaGandhi,intheLokSabhaonAugust12,2014.ItrepealstheJuvenileJustice(Careand
    ProtectionofChildren)Act,2000.
    Objectives:TheBillseekstoachievetheobjectivesoftheUnited
    NationsConventionontheRightsofChildrenasratifiedbyIndiaon
    December11,1992.Itspecifiesproceduralsafeguardsincasesof
    childreninconflictwithlaw.Itseekstoaddresschallengesinthe
    existingActsuchasdelaysinadoptionprocesses,highpendencyof
    cases,accountabilityofinstitutions,etc.TheBillfurtherseeksto
    addresschildreninthe1618agegroup,inconflictwithlaw,asan
    increasedincidenceofcrimescommittedbythemhavebeen
    reportedoverthepastfewyears.
    Coverage:TheBilldefinesachildasanyonelessthan18yearsof
    age.However,aspecialprovisionhasbeeninsertedforthepossibilityoftrying1618yearoldscommittingheinous
    offences,asadults.AheinousoffenceisdefinedasoneforwhichtheminimumpunishmentundertheIndianPenal
    Codeissevenyears.
    Generalprinciples:Theseinclude(i)principleofpresumptionofinnocenceforanychilduptotheageof18years
    (ii)principleofbestinterestforalldecisionstakenregardingthechild(iii)principleofinstitutionalisationstatingthat
    achildshallbeplacedininstitutionalcareasastepoflastresort,etc.
    JuvenileJusticeBoards(JJBs):OneormoreJJBstobeconstituted,foreachdistrict,fordealingwithchildrenin
    conflictwithlaw.JJBsarecomposedofaMetropolitanorJudicialMagistrateandtwosocialworkers,oneofwhomshall
    beawoman.
    PowersandresponsibilitiesoftheJJBsinclude:(i)ensuringlegalaidforachild(ii)adjudicatingand
    disposingofcasesrelatedtochildreninconflictwithlaw(iii)conductingregularinspectionofadultjailstoensureno
    childislodgedinsuchjailsandotherinspectionvisitsand(iv)conductinginspectionvisitsofresidentialfacilitiesfor
    suchchildren.
    ChildrensCourt:AChildrensCourtisaCourtestablishedundertheCommissionsforProtectionofChildRights
    Act,2005oraSpecialCourtundertheProtectionofChildrenfromSexualOffencesAct,2012.Itwilltry1618yearolds
    thatcommitheinousoffences,afterconfirmingthattheyarefittobetriedasadults.Itensuresthatachildinconflict
    withlawissenttoaplaceofsafetyuntilheattainstheageof21years,afterwhichheistransferredtoajail.Duringthe
    childsstayintheplaceofsafety,reformativeservicessuchascounselling,etc.shallbeprovided.TheCourtshallensure
    periodicfollowupreportsbyDistrictChildProtectionUnits.
    ChildWelfareCommittees(CWCs):StatesshallconstituteoneormoreCWCsforeachdistrictfordealingwith
    childreninneedofcareandprotection.ThepowersandresponsibilitiesofaCWCinclude:(i)conductinginquiries
    (ii)selectingregisteredinstitutionsfortheplacementofachildand(iii)addressingorphans,abandonedchildren,
    surrenderedchildrenandsexuallyabusedchildren,etc.
    SpecialJuvenilePoliceUnits(SJPU)andChildWelfarePoliceOfficers:AnSJPUwillbeestablishedineach
    district,consistingofapoliceofficerandtwosocialworkers.OneChildWelfarePoliceOfficerwillbepresentinevery
    policestation.
    Adoption:Prospectiveadoptiveparentsmustbeconsenting.Asingleordivorcedpersoncanalsoadopt,butasingle
    malecannotadoptagirlchild.Parentsmustbephysicallyfit,financiallysound,andmentallyalertandmotivatedto
    adopt.RegulationsregardingadoptionshallbeframedbytheCentralAdoptionResourceAuthority.
    Penalties:Anyofficial,whodoesnotreportanabandonedororphanedchildwithin24hours,isliableto
    imprisonmentuptosixmonthsorfineofRs10,000orboth.Thepenaltyfornonregistrationofchildcareinstitutions

    isimprisonmentuptooneyearorfineofonelakhrupees,orboth.Thepenaltyforgivingachildintoxicatingliquor,
    narcoticorpsychotropicsubstancesisimprisonmentuptosevenyearsorfineofonelakhrupees,orboth.

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