(1) The State Government may. oy notification ie the Official Gazettc, make rules for carrying out the purposes of ibis Act.
(2) in. particular and without .preiudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of- the following matters, namely : —
(a) the place at which, the days on which and the manner and conditions in which a Juvenile Court may hold its sittings;
(b) the procedure to be followed by the Court in holding inquiries under this Act;
(a) the establishment, certification and maintenance of reformatory, industrial and borstal schools;
(d) the establishment, recognition and maintenance of .
reception homes including special reception homes for foundlings and after-care organisations;
(e) the internal management, discipline and inspection of such schools, homes and organisations including the medical examination of the inmates of such schools, homes and organisations and their segregation on grounds of health as well as on the basis of sex;
U) the officers to be appointed to carry out the purposes of this Act, their powers and duties and the terms- and conditions of their service;
(g) the constitution and procedure of Boards of Visitors referred to in section 9 and of the State Children's Board referred to in section 10;
the mode and procedure of payment of the contribution by parents and other persons responsible for the maintenance of juvenile delinquents and other nhildren;
The West Bengal Children Act, 1959. 19 VIII of
1897.
Ben. Act II of
1922.
Ben. Act I of 1928.
Ben. Act VII of
1943.
XXX of 1959.]
(Chapter V _I .—Miscellaneou.s _--Section 51.)
the conditions subject to which children inay be placed under the care of any person under this • Act and the obligations of such persons towards the children so placed ;
any other matter which has to be, or may be prescribed.
0) All rules made under this Act shall be subject to the condition of previous publication and such publication shall be made not less than one montl. before the date ca which the rules come into force.
51. The Reformatory Schools Act. 197, in so far as it applies to any area in West Bengal, the Bengal Children Act, 192:2, the Bengal Borstal Schools Act, 1928 and the Bengal Vagrancy Act, 1943, in so far as it applies to neglected children, shall stand repealed :
Provided that—
(a) all reformat,sry, industrial or borstal schools established or certified under any of the aforesaid Acts shall, on such repeal, be deemed to have been established or certified, as the case may be, under sub-section (2) of section 7 of this Act;
(1)) all cases, proceedings or appeals pending before any Court under any of the aforesaid Acts shall, on such repeal, be continued and disposed of by the said Court notwithstanding anything in this Act as if they were cases, proceedings and appeals under this Act;
all appeals against orders of Courts appointed or established under any of the aforesaid Acts shall, on such repeal, be deemed to be appeals from orders made by Courts under this Act and shall be presented to Courts empowered to hear appeals under this Act and shall be disposed of accordingly;
(d) all licenses granted under any of the aforesaid Acts shall, on such repeal, be deemed to have been granted under this Act;
any appointment, notification, notice, order, rule oi form made or issued under any of the aforesaid Acts shall, on such repeal, continue in force and be deemed to have been made or issued under the provisions of this Act, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and shall continue in force unless and until it is superseded by any appointment, notification, notice, order, rule or form made or issued under this Act.
(i)
(j) te) Repeals and savings.
Provision for removal of difficulties.
20 The West Bengal Children Act, 1959.
[West Ben Act. XXX of 1959.]
(Chapter VI scene neous .—Section 52.)