Juvenile Justice Amendment Act: India
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) AMENDMENT ACT, 2006
No. 33 of 2006 [22nd August, 2006.] An Act to amend the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006. 2. Amendment of long title. - In the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title, for the words “through various institutions established under this enactment”, the words “and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto” shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 1. - In section 1 of the principal Act,— (i) in the marginal heading, for the words “and commencement”, the words “, commencement and application” shall be substituted; (ii) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all cases involving detention, prosecution, penalty or sentence of imprisonment of juveniles in conflict with law under such other law.”. 4. Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the principal Act,— (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(aa) “adoption” means the process through which the adopted child is permanently separated from his biological parents and become the legitimate child of his adoptive parents with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities that are attached to the relationship;’; (ii) in clause (d),— (I) after sub-clause (i), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ia) who is found begging, or who is either a street child or a working child,”; (II) in sub-clause (v), after the word ‘abandoned’, the words ‘or surrendered’ shall be inserted; (iii) in clause (h), for the words
No. 33 of 2006 [22nd August, 2006.] An Act to amend the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006. 2. Amendment of long title. - In the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title, for the words “through various institutions established under this enactment”, the words “and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto” shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 1. - In section 1 of the principal Act,— (i) in the marginal heading, for the words “and commencement”, the words “, commencement and application” shall be substituted; (ii) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all cases involving detention, prosecution, penalty or sentence of imprisonment of juveniles in conflict with law under such other law.”. 4. Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the principal Act,— (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(aa) “adoption” means the process through which the adopted child is permanently separated from his biological parents and become the legitimate child of his adoptive parents with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities that are attached to the relationship;’; (ii) in clause (d),— (I) after sub-clause (i), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ia) who is found begging, or who is either a street child or a working child,”; (II) in sub-clause (v), after the word ‘abandoned’, the words ‘or surrendered’ shall be inserted; (iii) in clause (h), for the words