Section 21
Order that may not be passed against a child in conflict with law.
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found to be in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection by catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development, treatment, social re-integration, by adopting a child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposal of matters in the best interest of children and for their rehabilitation through processes provided, and institutions and bodies established, herein under and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
No child in conflict with
law shall be sentenced to death or for life imprisonment without the possibility of release, for any such
offence, either under the provisions of this Act or under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code
(45 of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force.