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In section 2 of the principal Act,- (I) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(aa) "adoption" means the process through which the adopted child is permanently separated from his biological parents and become the legitimate child of his adoptive parents with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities that are attached to the relationship;'; (iI) in clause (d),- (I) after sub-clause (I), the following sub·clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(ia) who is found begging, or who is either a street child or a working child,"; (II) in sub-clause (v), after the word 'abandoned', the words 'or surrendered' shall be inserted; (iii) in clause (h), for the words "competent authority", the words "State Government on the recommendation of the competent authority" shall be substituted; (iv) for clause (t), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- '(t) "juvenile in conflict with law" means a juvenile who is alleged to have committed an offence and has not completed eighteenth year of age as on the date of commission of such offence;'; (v) clause (m) shall be omitted. S. Throughout the principal Act, the words "local authority", "or local authority" and "or the local authority", wherever they occur, shall be omitted.