Lawgist32Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian
(1) Any individual or a police officer or any functionary of any organisation or a nursing home or hospital or maternity home, who or which finds and takes charge, or is handed over a child who appears or claims to be abandoned or lost, or a child who appears or claims to be an orphan without family support, shall within twenty-four hours (excluding the time necessary for the journey), give information to the Childline Services or the nearest police station or to a Child Welfare Committee or to the District Child Protection Unit, or hand over the child to a child care institution registered under this Act, as the case may be.
(2) The information regarding a child referred to in sub-section (1) shall be mandatorily uploaded on a portal as may be specified by the Central Government or the Committee or the District Child Protection Unit or the child care institution, as the case may be.
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- 31 Production before Committee
- 32 Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian
- 33 Offence of non-reporting
- 34 Penalty for non-reporting
- 35 Surrender of children
- 36 Inquiry
- 37 Orders passed regarding a child in need of care and protection
- 38 Procedure for declaring a child legally free for adoption
