2021 Amendment Act
Definition
The amendment that moved authority to pass adoption orders from courts to District Magistrates and gave District Magistrates a supervisory role over district child protection machinery.
Related terms
- Child Welfare Committee
- The statutory body under the Act with final authority to decide the placement and rehabilitation of children in need of care and...
- Heinous Offence
- Under Section 2(33) of the Act, an offence for which the minimum punishment under any law currently in force is imprisonment of...
- Juvenile Justice Board
- The statutory body under the Act with jurisdiction to inquire into and dispose of cases of children alleged to be in conflict...
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- The central Indian statute governing children in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection, in force since 15...
- Preliminary Assessment
- The inquiry a Board conducts under Section 15 into the mental and physical capacity of a sixteen to eighteen year old accused...