Children Act, 1960
6. Procedure, etc., in relation to Boards and children’s
courts
(1) In the event of
any difference of opinion among the members of a Board or among the magistrates
of a children's court, the opinion of the majority shall prevail, but where
there is no such majority, the opinion of the chairman or of the 8[principal
magistrate], as the case may be, shall prevail.
(2) A Board or
children’s court may act notwithstanding the absence of any member of the Board
or, as the case may be, any magistrate of the children's court, and no order
made by the Board or children’s court shall be invalid by reason only of the
absence of any member or magistrate, as the case may be, during any stage of
the proceeding.
(3) No person shall be
appointed as a member of the Board or as a magistrate in the children's court
unless he has, in the opinion of the Administrator, special knowledge of child
psychology and child welfare.