(i) attend school; or
(ii) attend a vocational training centre; or
(iii) attend a therapeutic centre; or
(iv) prohibit the child from visiting, frequenting or
appearing at a specified place; or
(v) undergo a de-addiction programme.
(3) Where the Board after preliminary assessment
under section 15 pass an order that there is a need for
trial of the said child as an adult, then the Board may
order transfer of the trial of the case to the Children’s
Court having jurisdiction to try such offences.”
16. On a perusal of the aforesaid Section 18 of the 2015
Act, it is to be noticed that the JJB having found a child
to be in conflict with law who may have committed a petty
or
serious
offence
and
where
heinous
offence
is
committed, the child should be below 16 years, can pass
various orders under clauses (a) to (g) of sub-section (1)
and also sub-section (2). However, the net result is that
whatever punishment is to be provided, the same cannot
exceed a period of three years and the JJB has to take full
care of ensuring the best facilities that could be provided
to the child for providing reformative services including
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