Children Act, 1960
13. Production of neglected children before Boards
(1) If any police
officer or any other person authorized by the Administrator in this behalf, by
general or special order, is of opinion that a person is apparently a neglected
child, such police officer or other person may take charge of that person for
bringing him before a Board.
(2) When information
is given to an officer-in-charge of a police station about any neglected child
found within the limits of such station, he shall enter in a book to be kept
for the purpose the substance of such information and take such action thereon
as he deems fit and if such officer does not propose to take charge of the
child, he shall forward a copy of the entry made to the Board.
(3) Every child taken
charge of under sub-section (1) shall be brought before the Board within a
period of twenty-four hours of such charge taken excluding the time necessary
for the journey from the place where the child had been taken charge of to the
Board.
(4) Every child taken
charge of under sub-section (1) shall, unless he is kept with his parent or
guardian, be sent to an observation home (but not to a police station or jail)
until he can be brought before a Board.