Act Info:
Preamble1 - JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT, 1986
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Continuation of inquiry in respect of juvenile who has ceased to be a juvenile
Chapter II Section4 - Juvenile Welfare Boards
Section5 - Juvenile Courts
Section6 - Procedure, etc. in relation to Boards and Juvenile Courts
Section7 - Powers of Board and Juvenile Court
Section8 - Procedure to be followed by a Magistrate not empowered under the Act
Section9 - Juvenile homes
Section10 - Special homes
Section11 - Observation homes
Section12 - After-care organisations
Chapter III Section13 - Production of neglected juveniles before Boards
Section14 - Special procedure to be followed when neglected juvenile has parents
Section15 - Inquiry by Board regarding neglected juveniles
Section16 - Power to commit neglected juvenile to suitable custody
Section17 - Uncontrollable juveniles
Chapter IV Section18 - Bail and custody of juveniles
Section19 - Information to parent or guardian or probation officer
Section20 - Inquiry by Juvenile Court regarding delinquent juveniles
Section21 - Orders that maybe passed regarding delinquent juveniles
Section22 - Orders that may not be passed against delinquent juveniles
Section23 - Proceeding under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure not competent against juvenile
Section24 - No joint trial of juvenile and person not a juvenile
Section25 - Removal of disqualification attaching to conviction
Section26 - Special provision in respect of pending cases
Chapter V Section27 - Sittings, etc., of Boards and Juvenile Courts
Section28 - Persons who may be present before competent authority
Section29 - Attendance of parent or guardian of juvenile
Section30 - Dispensing with attendance of juvenile
Section31 - Committal to approved place of juvenile suffering from dangerous disease and his future disposal
Section32 - Presumption and determination of age
Section33 - Circumstances to be taken into consideration in making orders under the Act
Section34 - Sending a juvenile outside jurisdiction
Section35 - Reports to be treated as confidential
Section36 - Prohibition of publication of names, etc. of juveniles involved in any proceeding under the Act
Section37 - Appeals
Section38 - Revision
Section39 - Procedure in inquiries, appeals and revision proceedings
Section40 - Power to amend orders
Chapter VI Section41 - Punishment for cruelty to juvenile
Section42 - Employment of juveniles for begging
Section43 - Penalty for giving Intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a juvenile
Section44 - Exploitation of juvenile employees
Section45 - Alternative punishments
Chapter VII Section46 - Power of State Government to discharge and transfer juveniles
Section47 - Transfers between juvenile homes, etc., under the Act and juvenile homes, etc., of like nature in different parts of India
Section48 - Transfer of juveniles of unsound mind or suffering from leprosy or addicted to drugs
Section49 - Placing out on licence
Section50 - Provision in respect of escaped juveniles
Section51 - Contribution by parents
Section52 - Fund
Section53 - Advisory Board
Section54 - Visitors
Section55 - Control of custodian over juvenile
Section56 - Delinquent juvenile undergoing sentence at commencement of the Act
Section57 - Appointment of officers
Section58 - Officers appointed under the Act to be public servants
Section59 - Procedure in respect of bonds
Section60 - Delegation of powers
Section61 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section62 - Power to make rules
Section63 - Repeal and savings
Repealing Act1 - JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000