[1]THE
PUNJAB DESTITUTE AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN ACT 2004
(Act XVIII of 2004)
[22 June 2004 ]
An Act to consolidate the law for the rescue,
protective custody,
care and rehabilitation of destitute and neglected
children
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to
consolidate the law for the rescue, protective custody, care and rehabilitation
of destitute and neglected children in the Province of the Punjab other than
those involved in criminal litigation;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Part I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the
Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004.
(2) It
extends to the Province of the Punjab .
(3) It
shall come into force at once but shall take effect in such areas and from such
date as the Government may, by notification, specify.
2. Saving.– The Government may, by
notification, direct that all or any of the provisions of this Act shall not
apply to any class of children in the Province or in any particular area.
3. Definitions.– (1) In this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings
hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say–
(a) “begging”
means–
(i) soliciting or receiving alms in a public or
private place;
(ii) exposing or exhibiting any sore, wound, injury,
deformity or disease with the object of obtaining or extorting alms; and
(iii) having no visible or known means of subsistence
and found wandering about with the ostensible object of soliciting or receiving
alms;
(b) “Board” means Board of Governors established
under section 6 of this Act;
(c) “brothel” means any house, part of a house,
room or place in which a prostitute carries on prostitution or any place or
institution where facilities are known to be available for prostitution;
(d) “Bureau” means Child Protection and Welfare
Bureau established under section 5 of this Act;
(e) “child” means a natural person who has not attained the age of
eighteen years;
(f) “child protection institution” means an institution for the
admission, care, protection and rehabilitation of destitute and neglected
children established or recognized under this Act or the rules;
(g) “child
protection officer” means a person appointed under section 15 of this Act;
(h) “child
protection unit” means a child protection unit established by the Bureau for a
local area under section 16;
(i) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1898 (Act V of 1898);
(j) “Court” means a Child Protection Court
established or any Court exercising powers of a Child
Protection Court under this Act;
(k) “destitute and neglected child” means a child who–
(i) is found begging; or
(ii) is found without having any home or settled
place of abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence; or
(iii) has a parent or guardian who is unfit or
incapacitated to exercise control over the child; or
(iv) lives in brothel or with a prostitute or
frequently visits any place being used for the purpose of prostitution or is
found to associate with any prostitute or any other person who leads an immoral
or depraved life; or
(v) is being or is likely to be abused or
exploited for immoral or illegal purpose or unconscionable gain; or
(vi) is beyond the parental control; or
(vii) has lost his parents or one of the parents
and has no adequate source of income; or
(viii) is victim of an offence punishable under this
Act or any other law for the time being in force and his parent or guardian is
convicted or accused for the commission of such offence;
(l) “Fund” means the Destitute and Neglected
Children’s Welfare Fund established under section 18 of this Act;
(m) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab in the Home Department;
(n) “local area” means
a district, a city district, a tehsil or a town as defined in the Punjab Local
Government Ordinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001);
(o) “Member” means Member of the Board;
(p) “narcotic
drug” means any article defined as “narcotic drug” in the Control of Narcotic
Substances Act, 1997 (XXV of 1997);
(q) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules;
(r) “prostitution”
means illegal sexual intercourse for hire, whether for money or kind;
(s) “Province”
means the Province of the Punjab ; and
(t) “suitable
person” means a person suitable for the custody of the destitute and neglected
child.
(2) Words
and expressions used herein and not defined in this Act but defined in the Code
or the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000 (XXII of 2000) shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in that Code or the Ordinance.
4. Initiation of proceedings about child
under Part VII of this Act.– (1) Proceedings under Part VII of this Act can only be
initiated about a child who has not attained the age of fifteen years
notwithstanding that during the course of such proceedings he may have attained
the age of fifteen years.
(2) In
case of any dispute as to the age of a child, the Court shall decide the same
in the first instance.
Part II
Child Protection and Welfare Bureau
5. Establishment of the Bureau.– (1) As soon as may be after the
commencement of this Act, the Government shall establish a bureau to be known
as the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau.
(2) The
Bureau shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal
with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire land in
accordance with law and hold properties both movable and immovable and may sue
and be sued by the said name.
(3) The
Government may transfer state land or building, free of cost, to be utilized
for the purpose for which the Bureau is established.
[2][6. Board of Governors.– (1) The Bureau shall have a Board of Governors comprising
the following:-
(a) Chief
Minister of the Punjab ; Patron-in-Chief
(b) Secretary
to the Government, Home Department Member
(c) Secretary
to the Government Member
Social Welfare Department;
(d) Secretary
to the Government Member
Local Government Department;
(e) three
Members of the Provincial Assembly Members
of the Punjab
to be appointed by the Government,
two from the treasury benches and
one from
them
shall be a female member of the Assembly
and] the Leader of the Opposition shall nominate
the Opposition Member;
(f) two
donors or representatives of donor Members
appointed by the Government for a
term of four years;
(g) two
professors of sociology, psychology Members
one
female Professor] to be appointed by the
Government for a specified term;
to be appointed by the Government
for a Members
term of four years; and
(i) Director
General. Member/Secretary
(2) The Government shall not appoint a person
as non-official Member unless he–
(a) holds
a Master’s Degree, or
equivalent or a higher Degree; and
(b) has
at least five years’ experience in the related field.
(3) The Government shall appoint the
Chairperson of the Board from amongst the Members on such terms and conditions
as may be specified.
(4) A Member shall not be appointed as a
Chairperson of the Board for more than two consecutive terms.
(5) The Chairperson shall hold office during
the pleasure of the Government and may resign from his office by tendering his
resignation to the Government.
(6) The Chairperson shall exercise the powers
and the functions as may be delegated to him by the Board.
(7) Five Members, including two ex-officio
Members, shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Board.
(8) The Patron-in-Chief, and in his absence,
the Chairperson shall preside a meeting of the Board.
(9) Subject to quorum, the Board shall take
decision by majority of the members present and voting and the person presiding
shall have the casting vote.
(10) A
Member shall not be entitled to any perks and privileges.
(11) A
Secretary to the Government may be represented in the meeting of the Board by
an officer of the Department not being below the rank of an Additional
Secretary.]
7. Removal of a Member.– (1) A Member, not being an ex-officio Member, shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Government.
(2) The
Government may remove any such Member during the tenure of his office in the
manner as may be prescribed.
(3) A
Member, not being an ex-officio Member, may resign from his office by tendering
his resignation to the Government.
8. Casual vacancy.– Any vacancy caused due to the death, resignation or
removal of a Member other than an ex-officio Member, shall be filled in by the
Government through appointment of another person as Member and such appointee
shall, subject to the provisions of section 7, hold such office for the
unexpired term of his predecessor.
9. Powers and functions of the Board.– Subject to the provisions of
this Act, the Board shall exercise such powers and take such measures as may be
necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act, including–
(a) to take steps for the establishment of a Fund in the manner
hereinafter provided, for carrying out the purposes of the Bureau;
(b) to establish, manage and recognize child protection institutions;
(c) to exercise control over child protection institutions and look
after the operation and maintenance of all essential services provided in the
institutions;
(d) to regulate the affairs of the child protection institutions;
(e) to arrange, purchase or acquire land wherever necessary within the
Province;
(f) to supervise prosecution of the persons accused of the offences
created under this Act;
(g) to sell or dispose of assets, movable or immovable, of the Bureau in
the manner as may be determined by the Board;
(h) to appoint and authorize employees with the designations and the
terms and conditions as the Board may determine;
(i) to authorize spending from the Fund;
(j) to delegate any of these powers and functions to a Member, Members,
official or officials of the Bureau;
(k) to regulate its meetings and all matters connected with or ancillary
to a meeting; and
(l) to do such acts as are ancillary and incidental to the above
functions.
10. Management.– Executive authority and management of the Bureau
shall vest in the Board.
11. Committees of the Board.– The Board may constitute committees with such
powers, as may be delegated by the Board for carrying out the purposes of this
Act.
12. Special committee of the Bureau for a local area.– (1) The
Board may constitute special committee of the Bureau for a local area.
(2) The special committee shall consist of
such members with the powers and functions of the Bureau, as may be devolved
upon it by the Board.
13. Director General.– (1) There shall be
a Director General of the Bureau who shall also be the chief executive of the
Bureau.
(2) The
Director General shall be appointed by the Government for a specified term.
(3) The
Director General shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may
be determined by the Board.
(4) The
Director General may resign, during the term of his office, by tendering his
resignation to the Government.
(5) The
Government may remove the Director General, during the tenure of his office, in
the manner as may be prescribed.
14. Annual progress report.– (1) The Director General shall prepare an annual
progress report at the end of each financial year.
(2) This
report shall be submitted in a meeting of the Board, whenever such meeting
takes place after the preparation of the report.
Part III
Child Protection Officers and Child Protection Unit
15. Appointment of the child protection
officers.– (1) The
Bureau may appoint child protection officers to carry out the purposes of this
Act.
(2) The
Board shall determine the eligibility for appointment, terms and conditions of
service of the child protection officers.
(3) The
child protection officer may seek police assistance in performance of his
duties under the Act or the rules.
(4) A
station house officer shall provide appropriate police assistance to the child
protection officer, whenever such assistance is sought.
16. Child
protection unit.– (1) There
shall be a child protection unit for a local area.
(2) The unit shall consist of such members
as the Board may determine.
(3) The
unit shall exercise powers and functions devolved upon it by the Bureau.
17. Supervision and control of members of the
unit.– A member
of the unit in the performance of his duties under this Act or rules, shall be
under the control, supervision and guidance of the Bureau.
Part IV
Destitute and Neglected Children’s Welfare Fund
18. Destitute and Neglected Children’s
Welfare Fund.– (1) The
Bureau and each child protection institution shall establish a fund to be known
as Destitute and Neglected Children’s Welfare Fund.
(2) The Fund shall consist of all moneys
received from any source by the Bureau or a child protection institution, as
the case may be, for the control, care, protection and rehabilitation of
destitute and neglected children.
19. Audit
of the Fund.– (1) The Fund shall be kept, operated, spent and audited in
such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The
Bureau as well as each child protection institution shall make the annual audit
report of the Fund available to general public as soon as such report is
prepared.
Part V
Child
Protection Institutions
20. Establishment and recognition of child
protection institutions.– (1) The Bureau may establish and maintain child protection institutions
at any place in the Province.
(2) The
Bureau may delegate its powers and functions of managing and maintaining any
child protection institution to a local government or to a non-governmental
organization subject to the terms and conditions as the Board may determine.
(3) The
Bureau may recognize any other institution to be a child protection institution
whether established and maintained by a local government or any
non-governmental organization.
(4) The
Bureau may establish or recognize any association for the aftercare and
rehabilitation of destitute and neglected children discharged from a child
protection institution and may regulate its activities and functions in the
prescribed manner.
(5) The
Bureau may authorize any person or a body of persons to inspect, check and
supervise any child protection institution as to whether it is functioning in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the rules or the regulations.
(6) In case a child protection institution is
found acting in contravention of this Act, the rules or the regulations, the
Bureau may pass such order as it deems fit for the proper management or
maintenance of such institution.
(7) No order shall be passed by the Bureau
under sub-section (6) unless the existing management is provided with an
opportunity of hearing.
21. Administration and management of child
protection institutions.– Child protection institutions shall be managed, maintained and
controlled in the manner as may be prescribed.
Part VI
Child Protection Courts
22. Establishment
of the Child Protection Court.– (1)
The Government may, by notification, establish one or more Courts under this
Act for a local area.
(2) The Government may appoint presiding
officer of the Court established for the purpose of this Act in consultation
with the Lahore High Court and may lay down the qualifications, terms and
conditions for the presiding officers.
(3) Until a Court is established for a local
area, the Lahore High Court may confer powers of the Court for a local area
upon a Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge.
23. Powers and functions of the Court.– (1) The Court shall exercise
powers conferred and functions assigned to it under the provisions of this Act
or the rules.
(2) The
Court shall finally decide a case within one month from the date of production
of a child before it.
(3) Provisions
of the Code and the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984), unless
otherwise expressly provided by this Act or the rules, shall not apply to
proceedings before the Court.
(4) No
appeal or revision shall lie against any order of the Court, however, the Court
may, at any stage, recall or modify its earlier order in the interest of
justice.
(5) The
Court, exercising powers under this Act, shall be deemed to be a Court of
Sessions in terms of section 476 of the Code.
Part VII
Rescue, Custody, Care, Protection and
Rehabilitation
of Destitute and Neglected Children
24. Rescue of
destitute and neglected children.– A child protection officer
may take into custody a destitute and neglected child and produce him before
the Court within twenty-four hours of taking the child into such custody:
Provided that where a destitute and
neglected child is in the custody of his parent or guardian, the officer shall
not take him into custody but shall in the first instance, make a report to the
Court:
Provided further that the first
proviso shall not be applicable in case of a child who is found begging or is a
victim of an offence alleged to have been committed by his parent or guardian.
25. Temporary custody.– Whenever a destitute and
neglected child is taken into custody in accordance with section 24, he shall
immediately be produced before the Court and if immediate production of the child
before the Court is not possible due to any reason, shall immediately be taken
to the nearest child protection institution for temporary custody till his
production before the Court within the stipulated time.
26. Court may direct production of child by
parent or guardian.– The
Court to which a report is made under the first proviso of section 24, may–
(i) call upon such parent or guardian to produce
the child before it and show cause why the said child should not, during the
pendency of the proceedings, be removed from his custody; and may order the
child to be admitted in a child protection institution or on suitable surety
being offered for the safety of such child and for his being brought before it,
permit the child to remain in the custody of his parent or guardian; or
(ii) if it appears to the Court that the child is
likely to be removed from the jurisdiction of the Court or is concealed, may
issue a search warrant for the production of the child, and order his immediate
admission to a child protection institution.
27. Examination of person producing or
reporting.– (1) The
Court before which a child is brought under section 24 or is produced under
section 26 shall examine on oath the person who has brought the child or made
the report and record the substance of such examination and may order the
admission of the child to a child protection institution pending any further
inquiry, if any.
(2) On
the date fixed for the production of the child or for the inquiry or on any
subsequent date to which the proceedings may be adjourned, the Court shall hear
and record substance of the evidence which may be adduced and consider any
cause which may be shown why an order directing the child to be admitted to a
child protection institution or be given in the care of a suitable person
should not be passed.
28. Entrustment of the custody of destitute
and neglected child.– (1) If
the Court is satisfied that the child brought before it, is a destitute and
neglected child and that it is expedient to deal with him, the Court may order
that he be admitted to a child protection institution or his custody be
entrusted to a suitable person, who is able and willing to look after the
child, until such child attains the age of eighteen years, or in exceptional
cases for a shorter period.
(2) The
Court which makes an order for entrusting a child in the custody of a suitable
person may, when making such an order, require such person to execute a bond,
with or without sureties, as the Court may require, undertaking to be responsible
for the care, education and well-being of the child and for the observance of
such other conditions as the Court may impose for ensuring welfare of the
child.
(3) The
Court that makes an order for entrusting the custody of a child to a suitable person
under this section may order submission of periodical reports as to the welfare
of the child to the Court by an authorized officer.
(4) The
Court may from time to time during the custody of a child by an authorized
person, compel the production of the child in the Court to satisfy itself that
the conditions of such custody are being carried out.
(5) If
at anytime it appears to the Court, from information received from any source
that there has been a breach of any condition contained in the bond, it may,
after making such inquiry as it deems fit, order the child to be admitted into
a child protection institution or be entrusted to the custody of any other
suitable person.
29. Sending of child having place of
residence outside jurisdiction.– (1) In the case of a destitute and neglected child
whose ordinary place of residence is not within the jurisdiction of the Court,
the Court may direct that the child be kept in such custody and be produced
before a Court having territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence of
the child or to deal with his custody in any other manner provided in the Act.
(2) Where
a child is produced before a Court on the direction of any other Court passed
under the foregoing provision of this section, such Court may regulate the
custody of the child as if the child had been produced before it in terms of
section 24 of this Act.
30. Warrant to search for child.– (1) If it appears to a Court
from information received on oath or solemn affirmation laid by any person who,
in the opinion of the Court, is acting in the interest of the child that there
are reasons to believe that a child is destitute and neglected child, the Court
may issue warrant for the production of the child before it.
(2) The
officer executing the warrant shall be accompanied by the person laying the
information, if such person so desires and may also, if the Court by whom the
warrant is issued so directs, be accompanied by a duly qualified medical
practitioner or the police or both.
(3) If
any such child is brought before the Court and the Court is satisfied that the
child is a destitute and neglected child, it may deal with his custody in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
31. False, frivolous or vexatious
information.– (1) If
in any case in which information has been laid before a Court by any person
under the provisions of section 30, the Court after such inquiry as it may deem
necessary, is of the opinion that such information is false, frivolous or
vexatious, the Court may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, direct that
compensation, not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, as it may determine, be paid
by such informer to the child or to an aggrieved person against whom the
information was laid.
(2) Before
making any order for the payment of compensation, the Court shall call upon the
informer to show cause why he should not pay compensation.
(3) The Court may, by its order directing
payment of compensation, further order that in case of default, the person
ordered to pay such compensation shall suffer simple imprisonment for a term
not exceeding six months.
(4) No
person who has been directed to pay compensation under this section shall, by
reason of such order, be exempted from any civil or criminal liability in
respect of the information given by him, but any amount paid, as compensation
shall be taken into account in any subsequent civil suit relating to such
matter.
(5) When
an order for payment of compensation is made under sub-section (1), the
compensation shall not be paid to the person ordered to receive it before the
expiry of one month in order to allow sufficient time to the informant to
represent against any such order.
32. Period of
custody.– Subject to any order of the Court or any direction of
the Bureau, a child ordered to be admitted to a child protection institution
shall be kept in such custody till he attains the age of eighteen years.
33. Contribution of parents.– (1) Where an order has been made
for the admission of a child into child protection institution or giving the
custody of the child to a suitable person, the Court may direct a parent, in a
suitable case, to pay maintenance of the child at such rates as may be
determined by the Court:
Provided that while passing any such
order, the Court shall take into consideration the capacity of the parent to
pay maintenance.
(2) In
case of non-compliance of the direction for the payment of maintenance issued
under sub-section (1), the Court may recover the amount from the parent as
arrears of land revenue.
Part VIII
Special Offences Relating to Children
34. Unauthorized
custody.– Whoever takes a destitute and neglected child into
custody or keeps him in contravention of the provisions of this Act, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with
fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both.
35. Cruelty to children.– Whoever, not being a parent,
having the actual charge of or control over a child, wilfully assaults,
ill-treats, neglects, abandons or exposes him or causes or procures him to be
assaulted, ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed or negligently fails to
provide adequate food, clothes or medical aid or lodging for the child in a
manner likely to cause such child unnecessary mental and physical suffering, shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or
with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both:
Provided that where some punishment
is administered to a child by the person having lawful control or custody of
the child, for any good or sufficient reason, it shall not be deemed to be an
offence under this section.
36. Employing child for begging.– Whoever employs any child for
the purpose of begging or causes any child to beg or whoever having the
custody, charge or care of a child connives at or encourages his employment for
the purpose of begging and whoever uses a child, connives at or encourages his
employment for begging shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to three years or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand
rupees or with both.
37. Giving intoxicating liquor or narcotic
drug to child.– Whoever
gives or causes to be given to any child any intoxicant or narcotic drug,
except upon the prescription of duly qualified medical practitioner, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or
with both.
38. Permitting child to enter places where
liquor or narcotic drugs are sold.– Whoever–
(i) takes a child to any place where an
intoxicant is served or consumed; or
(ii) being the proprietor, owner or a person in
charge of such place, permits a child to enter such place; or
(iii) causes or procures a child to go to such
place;
shall be
punished with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
39. Inciting child to bet or borrow.– Whoever, by words, spoken or
written, or by signs, or otherwise, incites or attempts to incite a child to
make any bet or wager or to enter into or take any share or interest in any
betting or wagering transaction shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand
rupees or with both.
40. Exposure
to seduction.– Whoever secures custody of a child ostensibly for any
purpose but exposes such a child to the risk of seduction, sodomy, prostitution
or other immoral conditions, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may
extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both.
41. Abetting escape of child.– Whoever–
(a) knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a child
admitted in a child protection institution to escape from the institution or
from the custody of a suitable person to whom custody of the child has been
entrusted by the Court; or
(b) knowingly harbors, conceals, connives at or prevents from returning
to a child protection institution or to any person to whom the custody of the
child was entrusted by the Court or assists or connives at so doing;
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to five years or with fine which may extend to fifty
thousand rupees or with both.
42. Offences under this part cognizable.– All offences under this part
shall be cognizable.
43. Application of the Code.– All offences under this part
shall be investigated, tried and punished in accordance with the procedure
prescribed in the Code.
Part IX
Miscellaneous
44. Discharge
of a child from a child protection institution or from the care of any person
to whose care he was entrusted.– (1) The Bureau may at any
time order a child to be discharged from a child protection institution, either
absolutely or on such conditions as the Bureau deems appropriate.
(2) The
Court may, at any stage, on application or otherwise, discharge a child from
custody of a child protection institution or suitable person, as the case may
be, either absolutely or on such conditions as the Court deems appropriate.
45. Transfers between institutions of like
nature in different parts of Pakistan.– (1) The Bureau may, in consultation with the
manager of a child protection institution, transfer the custody of the child to
any other such institution in any part of the Province.
(2) A
destitute and neglected child shall normally be kept in an institution that is
at or nearest to his place of domicile.
(3) The
Court having jurisdiction over the local area of the Province where a child is
being kept may exercise all the powers of the Court under this Act or the
rules.
(4) The
Government may direct any child to be transferred from any child protection
institution in the Province to any institution of like nature in any other Province of Pakistan in respect of which the Government
of that Province has made provisions similar to this Act under any law for the
time being in force:
Provided that no child shall be so
transferred without the consent of the Government of that other Province.
46. Officers to be public servants.– The Officers appointed or
authorized under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the
meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (XLV of 1860).
47. Protection of action taken under this
Act.– No suit,
prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be instituted or entertained
against any person, acting or purporting to act under this Act or the rules, in
good faith and for the welfare of a child.
48. Act to over-ride other laws.– Provisions of this Act shall have
effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being
in force.
49. Power of Government to make rules.– The Government may, by
notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
50. Power of Bureau to frame regulations.– Subject to the provisions of
this Act and the rules, the Bureau may frame regulations for giving effect to
the provisions of this Act.
51. Repeal and Saving.– (1) The Punjab Children
Ordinance, 1983 (XXII of 1983) is hereby repealed.
(2) The
Punjab Youthful Offenders Ordinance, 1983 (XXIII of 1983) is also hereby
repealed.
(3) The
Punjab Supervision and Control of Children Homes Act, 1976 (XVI of 1976) is
also hereby repealed.
(4) Notwithstanding the repeal of the
Ordinances and the Act anything done, action taken, obligation, liability,
penalty or punishment incurred, inquiry or proceeding commenced, officer
appointed or person authorized, jurisdiction or power conferred, rule made and
order or notification issued under any of the provisions of the said Ordinances
or the Act shall, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be
continued and so far as may be, deemed to have been respectively done, taken,
incurred, commenced, appointed, authorized, conferred, made or issued under
this Act.
(5) All
Children Homes established and functioning under the Punjab Supervision and
Control of Children Homes Act, 1976 (XVI of 1976) shall be deemed to be the
Child Protection Institutions established or recognized under this Act.
[1]This Act was
passed by the Punjab Assembly on 7 June 2004; assented to by the Governor of
the Punjab on 17 June 2004; and published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 22 June 2004, pages 1637 to 1646.
[2]Substituted by the Punjab Destitute and Neglected
Children (First Amendment) Act 2007 (VII of 2007).
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