(1) Till such time the Government of Puducherry sets up the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, it shall constitute an interim authority known as the Right to Education Protection Authority (REPA) for the purposes of performing the functions specified in sub-section (1) of section 31of the Act, within three months from the date of notification of the rules.
(2) The Right to Education Protection Authority (REPA) shall consist of the following members:
(a) A Chairperson who is a person of high academic repute or has been a High Court Judge or has done outstanding work for promoting the rights of children; and
(b) Two members, of whom at least one shall be a woman, from the following areas, from amongst persons of eminence, ability, integrity, standing and experience in:
(i) education;
(ii) child health care and child development;
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(iii) juvenile justice or care of neglected or marginalised children or children with disabilities;
(iv) elimination of child labour or working with children in distress;
(v) child psychology or sociology; or
(vi) legal profession.
(3) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Rules, 2006, shall, so far as it pertains to the terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis apply to the Chairperson and other members of REPA.
(4) All the records and assets of REPA shall be transferred to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights immediately after its constitution.
(5) In performance of its functions, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights or the REPA, as the case may be, may also act upon matters referred to it by the State Advisory Council on Elementary Education.
(6) The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights shall have a cell to perform its functions specified under the Act.