Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
CHILDREN
Marginal Notes
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Children?s Ordinance, and Part V, except section 76 of this Ordinance, shall come into operation on such date as the President may appoint by Proclamation published in the Gazette.
2. Juvenile Courts.
3. Children's Magistrates.
4. Jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts.
5. Assignment of person certain mailers to Juvenile Courts.
6. Order for bail by courts not Juvenile silting as Juvenile courts.
7. Sittings of a Juvenile Court,
8. Power of Juvenile Court to proceed with hearing where accused person is not a child.
9. Procedure in Juvenile Courts. [3, 39 of 2022]
10. Procedure on finding of guilty in Juvenile courts
11. Restriction on reports of proceedings in Juvenile Courts.
12. Rules of court.
13. Separation of children from adults in police stations, Courts, & c. [4, 39 of 2022]
14. Bail or detention of children arrested.
15. Remand or committal to custody in remand homes or in charge of fit and proper persons. [5, 39 of 2022]
16. Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, & c.
17. Notice to probation officers of charges against and applications relating to children.
18. Prohibition against children being present in court during the trial of other persons.
19. Power to clear Court while child is giving evidence in certain cases-
20. Prohibition of Publication of certain matter in newspapers.
21. General considerations.
22. Removal of disqualifications attaching to any offence.
23. Restrictions on punishment of children. [7, 39 of 2022]
24. Punishment of certain grave crimes. [8, 39 of 2022]
25. Substitution of custody in remand home for imprisonment. [9, 39 of 2022]
26. a child offender to an approved or certified school- [10, 39 of 2022]
27. Power to commit child offender to care of probation officer or parent, & c. [11, 39 of 2022]
28. Power to order parent to pay fine instead of child. [12, 39 of 2022]
29. [13, 39 of 2022]
30. Discharge of child after admonition [14, 39 of 2022]
31. Power of other courts to remit a child offender to Juvenile Courts. [15, 39 of 2022]
32. Power of Minister to send certain child offenders to approved or certified schools. [16, 39 of 2022]
33. Miscellaneous provisions as to summary proceedings against children.
34. Definition of " in need of care or protection "
35. Powers of a Juvenile respect of children in need of care or protection.
36. Powers of other courts with respect to last foregoing section.
37. Removal or remand of child to place of safety.
38. Supervision by probation officers or other persons
39. Regard to be had to religious persuasion of person sent to approved or certified school.
40. Section - 40
41. Contents of approved or certified school orders.
42. Duration of approved or certified school orders. [17, 39 of 2022]
43. Conveyance of children to approved or certified schools. [18, 39 of 2022]
44. Extension period of detention in approved or certified school [19, 39 of 2022]
45. supervision and recall after expiration of order [20, 39 of 2022]
46. Provisions as to making, duration, and effect, of orders of committal to fit persons.
47. Application of Part II.
48. Establishment of remand homes, and appointment of Visitors.
49. Provisions as to custody of children a remand home
50. Approval of schools.
51. Establishment of certified schools
51A. Every new approved or certified school to have primary and secondary sections. [21, 39 of 2022]
52. Rules regarding remand homes and tip proved and certified school-
53. Classification, administration, and management of approved and certified schools.
54. Religious instruction, &c, to person detained in approved school.
55. Escapes from approved and certified sdiods,& c [22, 39 of 2022]
56. powers,& c,of Director General of Education and other officers
57. General shall provisions as to children commited to the care of it persons [23, 39 of 2022]
58. Escapes from care of fit persons.
71. Cruelty to children. [24, 39 of 2022]
72. Causing of encouraging seduction or prostitution of a child. [25, 39 of 2022]
73. Allowing children to be in brothels. [26, 39 of 2022]
74. Causing or procuring children to beg. [27, 39 of 2022]
75. Giving excisable article to children under five
76. [28, 39 of 2022]
77. Vagrants preventing children from receiving education.
78. Offences under this Part to be cognizable offences.
79. Interpretation of Part V.
80. Presumption and determination of age [29, 39 of 2022]
81. Evidence of husband or wife of accused person.
82. Evidence of wages.
83. Bonds and recognizances.
84. Appeals from orders made Ordinance to say-
85. Power to appoint inspectors.
86. Expenses of administration of Ordinance.
87. Rules and regulations.
88. Interpretation. [30, 39 of 2022]