Preliminary Assessment
Definition
The Board's Section 15 inquiry into a child's mental and physical capacity, understanding of consequences, and the circumstances of the alleged offence, used only for heinous-offence cases against older adolescents.
Related terms
- 2021 Amendment Act
- The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2021, in force from September 2022, which moved adoption orders to the...
- 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), an offence carrying a minimum punishment of seven years or more, the tier that triggers the preliminary assessment for...
- 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 statute governing children in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection in India, in force since...
Explained in these topics
- Juvenile Justice Act 2015: Board and Committee (Unit IX)
- Juvenile Justice Institutional Framework in IndiaThe inquiry a Board conducts under Section 15 into the mental and physical capacity of a sixteen to eighteen year old accused of a heinous offence, to decide w...