(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the 'Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette, constitute for any area specified in the notification, one or more Children's Court for exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on such court in relation to delinquent children under this Act.
(2) A Children's Court shall consist of such number of Judicial Magistrates forming a Bench as the State Government thinks fit to appoint, one of whom shall be designated as the senior Judicial Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Magistrate; and every such Bench shall have the powers conferred by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) on a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.
(3) Every Children's Court shall be assisted by a panel of two social workers drawn from either the voluntary social welfare organisations or from the Government organisations possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed, of whom at least one shall be a woman and such panel shall be appointed by the State Government;