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CHAPTER VI PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION

Section 35: Surrender of children

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

(1) A parent or guardian, who for physical, emotional and social factors beyond their control, wishes to surrender a child, shall produce the child before the Committee.

(2) If, after prescribed process of inquiry and counselling, the Committee is satisfied, a surrender deed shall be executed by the parent or guardian, as the case may be, before the Committee.

(3) The parents or guardian who surrendered the child, shall be given two months time to reconsider their decision and in the intervening period the Committee shall either allow, after due inquiry, the child to be with the parents or guardian under supervision, or place the child in a Specialised Adoption Agency, if he or she is below six years of age, or a children’s home if he is above six years.

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  1. 1. Under Section 35(3) of the JJ Act, 2015, parents who have executed a surrender deed before the Child Welfare Committee are given time to reconsider their decision for a period of:

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