Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
CHAPTER V
PROCEDURE OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES GENERALLY AND APPEALS AND REVISION FROM ORDERS OF SUCH COURTS
Sittings, etc., of Boards and children's courts.
27. (1) A Board or a children's court shall hold its sittings at such place, on such day and in such manner, as may be prescribed.
(2) A magistrate empowered to exercise the powers of a Board or, as the case may be, a children's court under sub-section (2) of section 7 shall, while holding any inquiry regarding a child under this Act, as far as practicable, sit in a building or room different from that in which the ordinary sittings of civil and criminal courts are held, or on different days or at times different from those at which the ordinary sittings of such courts are held.
Persons who may be present before competent authority.
Source: India Code