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Section 7

The East Punjab Children Act, 1949Union territory Act of Chandigarh · Act 39 of 1949

(1) When any magistrate not empowered to pass Procedure when an order under this Act is of opinion that a child brought before him should be sent to a certified school or dealt with in any other manner in which the case may be dealt with under this Act, he shall record such opinion and submit his proceedings and forward the child to the 4[ Chief Judicial Magistrate] to whom he is subordinate or to the ‘[Judicial Magistrate] presiding over the nearest Juvenile Court having jurisdiction in the case :

Provided that where a child brought before a *[Judicial Magistrate] not empowered to pass an order under this Act is accused of an offence triable jointly with any other person not being a child, nothing in this sub-section shall affect or be deemed to affect the powers of the *[Judicial Magistrate] to try such other person.

(2) The magistrate to whom the proceedings are so submitted may make such further inquiry, if any, as he may think fit and may pass such order dealing with the case as he might have passed if the child had originally been brought before or tried by him.

PART I MEASURES FOR THE CUSTODY AND PROTECTION OF CHIL- DREN WHO ARE DESTITUTE, ETC.

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ActThe East Punjab Children Act, 1949
Section7
JurisdictionUnion territory of Chandigarh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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