The Assam Children Rules, 1976

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    "title": "The Assam Children Rules, 1976",
    "short_title": "The Assam Children Rules, 1976",
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    "act_year": 1976,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam Children Rules, 1976",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Interpretation.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Act\" means the Assam Children Act, 1970.\n(2) \"Section\" means a section of the Act.\n(3) \"Court\" means a Children's Court constituted under Section 5 the Assam Children Act, 1970.\n(4) \"Form\" means a form appended to these Rules.\n(5) \"Home\" means a Children's Home or an Observation Home.\n(6) \"Institution\" means and includes a Children's Home Special School and an Observation Home.\n(7) \"Manager\" means the Head of the Institution.\n(8) \"School\" means a Special School.\n(9) \"Superintendent\" means a person appointed for the control and management of a home or school under sub-rule (3) of Rule 3 of these Rules.\n(10) \"Non-official members\" means members who are not officials.\n(11) \"Director\" means Director of Social Welfare.\n(12) All words and expressions used and but not defined in these Rules shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Act.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Appointment of officer.",
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            "content": "(1) Chief Inspector for Special Schools.\n(2) Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors.\n(3) Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and such other officers as may be necessary.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Inspection by the Chief Inspector.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Certification of recognition of institutions.",
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            "content": "(a) teach, train, lodge, clothe and feed the children according to the standards laid down by the State Government from time to time;\n(b) recruit such officers and other staff as may be considered necessary by the Chief Inspector or the competent authority from time to time :\n(c) abide by these Rules and any instructions issued by the Chief Inspector or the competent authority, as the case may be, and see that the same are followed by the Probation Officer and the personnel of the institution; and\n(d) furnish to the Chief Inspector whenever required a statement of its financial position including the balance-sheet and audited report, if any.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Withdrawal of certificate of recognition.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Resignation of certificate or recognition by managers.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Effect of withdrawal or recognition of certificate or recognition.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Disposal of inmates on withdrawal or resignation of certificate or recognition.",
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            "content": "(i) discharged absolutely or on such conditions as the officer may impose; or\n(ii) transferred to some other institution established certified or recognised under Section 9, 10 or 11 in accordance with the provisions of the Act and rules relating to discharge and transfer.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Constitution of Child Welfare Boards.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. The place at which, the days on which and the time at which the competent authority may hold its sitting.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Constitution of Children's Court.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Procedure to be followed by competent authority in holding enquiries.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Witness to be questioned by the competent authority.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Examination of the child.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Medical opinion regarding age and physical and mental condition of children.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Child Welfare Board to call report of Probation Officer.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Supply of information regarding children by the competent authority.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Contribution of parent or other persons.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "20. Release on licence under Section 48.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Form of supervision order.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Manner in which a child may be placed under the care of a parent, guardian or other fit person.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Code of dealing with children suffering from dangerous diseases or mental complaints.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Institution for children suffering from dangerous diseases.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Detention of juveniles not released on bail after arrest.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Remand or committal of juveniles to custody.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Inspection of a place of safety.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Duties of Probation Officers.",
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            "content": "(i) to make inquires regarding the Home and School conditions, conduct character and health of children under his supervision;\n(ii) to attend regularly the Court of competent authority and submit reports;\n(iii) to maintain diary, case files and such registers as may be prescribed from time to time;\n(iv) to visit regularly children placed under his supervision and also places of employment or school attended by such children and to submit regular monthly reports as nearly as in Form X;\n(v) to take children, wherever possible, from the Court of a competent authority or Observation Home to Children's Home School, or fit person;\n(vi) to bring before the competent authority immediately children who have not been or good behaviour during the period of supervision.",
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            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Recruitment, training and terms and conditions of service.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Medical inspection.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Educational inspection.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Inspection of industrial classes.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Recognition of an approved place.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Fit person.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Power of Managers to transfer a child to another branch of the same institution.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Short leaves of absence to inmates.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Management, functions and responsibilities of Special School, Children's Homes and Observation Homes.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Internal management of Special Schools, Children's Homes and Observation Homes.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "39. Manner of keeping children received in an Observation Home under sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Act.",
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            "content": "(1) be cleansed properly;\n(2) be provided with such clothing and bedding as may be prescribed from time to time;\n(3) be given such food as may be prescribed from time to time;\n(4) be contacted by a probation officer as soon as may be after his admission for the purpose of recording his history and taking such steps as will relieve suspense and fear from the child; and\n(5) not, if he is over ten years of age, be kept with a person of a different sex.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Police Officer to be in plain clothes.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Use of handcuffs or fetters.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Forms.",
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            "content": "(a) Form III-Bond to be signed by a child who has been ordered under Section 34 of the Children Act, 1970 to be sent to a relative or a fit person to his ordinary place of residence;\n(b) Form IV-Undertaking to be given by the person to whose care the child is to be sent to his native place, vide Section 34 of the Act;\n(c) Form XI-Form of information of arrest of child to his parent or guardian under Section 19(a);\n(d) Form XII-Form of information of arrest of a child to the Probation Officer under Section 19(b) of the Act;\n(e) Form XIII-Form of report of the Probation Officer for the purposes of sub-section (3) of Section 16 or proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 21 of the Act;\n(f) Form XIV-Order of the competent authority sending a child to a Children's Home/School under the provisions of the Act;\n(g) Form XV-Order for the removal of a child from the charge of his parent or guardian under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Act;\n(h) Form XVI-Show cause notice under sub-section (2) of Section 14;\n(i) Form XVII-Search warrant under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Act.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass086]",
        "Act Number": "",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1976",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Children Rules, 1976",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}