Lawgist107Child Welfare Police Officer and Special Juvenile Police Unit
(1) In every police station, at least one officer, not below the rank of assistant sub-inspector, with aptitude, appropriate training and orientation may be designated as the child welfare police officer to exclusively deal with children either as victims or perpetrators, in co-ordination with the police, voluntary and non-governmental organisations.
(2) To co-ordinate all functions of police related to children, the State Government shall constitute Special Juvenile Police Units in each district and city, headed by a police officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police or above and consisting of all police officers designated under subsection (1) and two social workers having experience of working in the field of child welfare, of whom one shall be a woman.
(3) All police officers of the Special Juvenile Police Units shall be provided special training, especially at induction as child welfare police officer, to enable them to perform their functions more effectively.
(4) Special Juvenile Police Unit also includes Railway police dealing with children.
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- 90 Attendance of parent or guardian of child
- 91 Dispensing with attendance of child
- 92 Placement of a child suffering from disease requiring prolonged medical treatment in an approved place
- 93 Transfer of a child who is mentally ill or addicted to alcohol or other drugs
- 94 Presumption and determination of age
- 95 Transfer of a child to place of residence
- 96 Transfer of child between Children’s Homes, or special homes or fit facility or fit person in different parts of India
- 97 Release of a child from an institution
- 98 Leave of absence to a child placed in an institution
- 99 Reports to be treated as confidential
- 100 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 101 Appeals
- 102 Revision
- 103 Procedure in inquiries, appeals and revision proceedings
- 104 Power of the Committee or the Board to amend its own orders
- 105 Juvenile justice fund
- 106 State Child Protection Society and District Child Protection Unit
- 107 Child Welfare Police Officer and Special Juvenile Police Unit
- 108 Public awareness on provisions of Act
- 109 Monitoring of implementation of Act
- 110 Power to make rules
- 111 Repeal and savings
- 112 Power to remove difficulties
