Children Act, 1960
19. Information to parent or guardian or probation officer
Where a child is
arrested, the officer-in-charge of the police station to which the child is
brought shall, as soon as may be after the arrest, inform-
(a) the parent or guardian
of the child, if he can be found, of such arrest and direct him to be present
at the children’s court before which the child will appear; and
(b) the probation
officer of such arrest in order to enable him to obtain information regarding
the antecedents and family history of the child and other material
circumstances likely to be of assistance to the children's court for making the
inquiry