Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill
August 1 , 2021 1365 days 1440 0
This Bill has been passed recently.
This bill seeks to increase the role of additional district magistrates and district magistrates regarding the matters which concern adoption and child care.
This Bill seeks to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
The Act states that only on the issuance of an adoption order by the civil court child adoption becomes final.
The Bill will amend the rule and instead of the court, the additional district magistrate as well as district magistrate will issue adoption orders.