The Juvenile Justice Act, 1986
(Act no. 53 of 1986)
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 10. Special homes
- 11. Observation homes.
- 12. After-care organisations.
- 13. Production of neglected juveniles before Boards.
- 14. Special procedure to be followed when neglected juvenile has parents.
- 15. Inquiry by Board regarding neglected juveniles.
- 16. Power to commit neglected juvenile to suitable custody
- 17. Uncontrollable juveniles.
- 18. Bail and custody of juveniles.
- 19. Information to parent or guardian or probation officer.
- 2. Definitions
- 20. Inquiry by Juvenile Court regarding delinquent juveniles.
- 21. Orders that may be passed regarding delinquent juveniles.
- 22. Orders that may not be passed against delinquent juvenile.
- 23. Proceeding under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure not competent against juvenile.
- 24. No joint trial of juvenile and person not to juvenile.
- 25. Removal of disqualification attaching to conviction.
- 26. Special provision in respect of pending cases.
- 27. Sittings, etc., of Boards and Juvenile Courts.
- 28. Persons who may be present before competent authority.
- 29. Attendance of parent or guardian of juvenile.
- 3. Continuation of inquiry in respect of juvenile who has ceased to be a juvenile.
- 30. Dispensing with attendance of juvenile
- 31. Committal to approved place of juvenile suffering from dangerous disease and his future disposal.
- 32. Presumption and determination of age.
- 33. Circumstances to be taken into consideration in making orders under the Act.
- 34. Sending a juvenile outside jurisdiction.
- 35. Reports to be treated as confidential.
- 36. Prohibition of publication of names, etc., of juveniles involved in any proceeding under the Act.
- 37. Appeals.
- 38. Revision.
- 39. Procedure in inquiries, appeals and revision proceedings.
- 4. Juvenile Welfare Boards.
- 40. Power to amend orders.
- 41. Punishment for cruelty to juvenile.
- 42. Employment of juveniles for begging.
- 43. Penalty for giving intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a juvenile
- 44. Exploitation of juvenile employees.
- 45. Alternative punishments.
- 46. Power of State Government to discharge and transfer juveniles.
- 47. Transfers between juvenile homes, etc., under the Act, and juvenile homes, etc., of like nature in different part of India.
- 48. Transfer of juveniles of unsound mind or suffering from leprosy or addicted to drugs.
- 49. Placing out on licence.
- 5. Juvenile Courts.
- 50. Provision in respect of escaped juveniles.
- 51. Contribution by parents.
- 52. Fund.
- 53. Advisory Board.
- 54. Visitors.
- 55. Control of custodian over juvenile.
- 56. Delinquent juvenile undergoing sentence of commencement of the Act.
- 57. Appointment of officers.
- 58. Officers appointed under the Act to be public servants.
- 59. Procedure in respect of bonds
- 6. Procedure, etc., in relation to Boards and Juvenile Courts.
- 60. Delegation of powers.
- 61. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 62. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 63. Repeal and savings.
- 7. Powers of Board and Juvenile Court.
- 8. Procedure to be followed by a Magistrate not empowered under the Act
- 9. Juvenile homes.
- INTRODUCTION
- Preamble