The West Bengal Children Act, 1959
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal title, Children Act, 1959
- S. 2Section 2 defines key terms used in the West Bengal Children Act, 1959, including "child," "juvenile delinquent," and "guardian."
- S. 3Section allows proceedings and orders under the Act to continue for a child who turns 18 during the process.
- S. 4Section 4 overrides Code of Criminal Procedure for State Government actions regarding children.
- S. 5Section 5 outlines where and by whom juvenile court powers are exercised in West Bengal.
- S. 6Section directs magistrates or courts lacking authority under this act to transfer children to competent juvenile courts.
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- S. 8Section 8 appoints superintendents and school management committees approved by the State Government.
- S. 9Section 9 mandates the State Government to appoint a Board of Visitors to inspect schools and report findings to the State Children's Board.
- S. 10Section 10 establishes a State Children's Board to advise the government on the administration and management of schools under the Act.
- S. 11The section authorizes the State Government to appoint school inspectors and mandates regular inspections by them, with a female inspector for girls' schools.
- S. 12Section 12 mandates medical examinations for school inmates and allows the State Government to withdraw school certification.
- S. 14Section 14 allows school managers to surrender their certification after six months' notice to the State Government.
- S. 15Section 15 prohibits admitting juvenile delinquents or other children to a certified school after the school's certificate is withdrawn or surrendered.
- S. 16When a school ceases to be a certified school, the inmates] when juvenile delinquents or other children detained the
- S. 17Section mandates managers of reformatory, industrial, or borstal schools to provide education, training, and welfare facilities for detained children.
- S. 18The West Bengal Children Act, 1959 allows the State Government to establish and recognize reception homes for juvenile delinquents and other children.
- S. 19Section 19 allows the State Government to discharge or transfer children from a non-recognized reception home.
- S. 20Section 20 of the West Bengal Children Act, 1959 allows the State Government to establish after-care organizations for the rehabilitation of discharged juvenile delinquents.
- S. 22Section 22 of The West Bengal Children Act, 1959, regulates bail and detention for children arrested for offenses, prioritizing their protection and judicial process.
- S. 23When a child is arrested, the officer-in-charge of the police-station to
- S. 24Section 24 of The West Bengal Children Act, 1959 prohibits sentencing juvenile delinquents to death or imprisonment, except in very serious cases, and outlines procedures for such exceptions.
- S. 25Section 25 mandates that a court handles child offenders' inquiries following the criminal procedure code for summons cases.
- S. 26The section allows courts to send juvenile offenders to reformatory or borstal schools, discharge them after admonition, or place them on probation with a responsible person.
- S. 27Section 27 exempts children from criminal proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
- S. 29(1) Any police officer or other person authorised by the State Government in this behalf may, if
- S. 30Section 30 of The West Bengal Children Act, 1959, outlines procedures for handling neglected children with parents or guardians, including court inquiries and potential placement in reformatory or industrial schools.
- S. 32Section 32 allows the court to place a child under the care of a suitable person instead of making an order for institutional care, with supervision and potential reformatory placement if conditions are breached.
- S. 33The West Bengal Children Act, 1959 allows the State Government to release children from reformatory or industrial schools under specified conditions.
- S. 34The West Bengal Children Act, 1959 allows a court to send a child to a reception home if a parent or guardian claims inability to control the child, pending an inquiry.
- S. 35Section 35 of the West Bengal Children Act, 1959, mandates that parents or guardians may be ordered to pay for the maintenance of a juvenile delinquent or child placed in a reformatory or under care.
- S. 36Section 36 allows the State Government to release juvenile delinquents or other children from reformatory schools under specified conditions and supervision.
- S. 37Section 37 allows the state government to permit a juvenile delinquent or child in a reformatory to live with their parent or guardian for up to 30 days, under certain conditions.
- S. 39Section 39 allows the State Government to discharge or transfer juvenile delinquents or other children from reformatory, industrial, or borstal schools under certain conditions.
- S. 40Section 40 mandates courts to inquire and determine a person's age and religious persuasion when dealing with child-related cases under the West Bengal Children Act, 1959.
- S. 41No child shall, in pursuance of an order under this
- S. 42If it appears to the Court, on the complaint of any person, that a child is being treated with cruelty or exposed
- S. 43Section penalizes aiding or harboring escaped juvenile delinquents or children from reform institutions.
- S. 44Section 44 penalizes anyone in custody of a child for assaulting, neglecting, or exposing them to harm.
- S. 45Section 45 of The West Bengal Children Act, 1959, mandates that children of jailed women be either allowed to accompany them or sent to a reception home if no suitable guardian is available.
- S. 47(1) If in the opinion of the Medical Officer fj authorised by the State Government a child kept in a refor- children i
- S. 48Section 48 outlines the appeal process and time limits for appeals from orders made under the West Bengal Children Act, 1959.
- S. 49Section 49 of The West Bengal Children Act, 1959, states that a child's conviction does not disqualify them from holding any position due to prior criminal conviction.
- S. 51The Reformatory Schools Act
- S. 52The West Bengal Children Act, 1959 allows the State Government to issue orders to address difficulties in implementing the Act, but only for three years after its commencement.
- S. 53(1) The State Government may
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- S. 1898The section allows the court to direct payment of maintenance funds for a juvenile delinquent or child to a specified person or authority.
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- S. 1943XXX of 1959