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Union of India - Section

Section 6 in The Juvenile Justice Act, 1986

6. Procedure etc. in relation to Boards and Juvenile Courts.

(1)In the even of any difference of opinion among the members of a Board or among the Magistrates of a Juvenile Court, the opinion of the majority shall prevail, but where there is no such majority, the opinion of the Chairman or of the Principal Magistrate, as the case may be, shall prevail.
(2)A Board or Juvenile Court may act notwithstanding the absence of any member of the Board or. as the case may be, any Magistrate of the Juvenile Court, and no order made by the Board or Juvenile Court shall be invalid by reason only of the absence of any member or Magistrate, as the case may be, during any stage of the proceeding.
(3)No person shall be appointed as a member of the Board or as a Magistrate in the Juvenile Court unless he has, in the opinion of the State Government, special knowledge of child psychology and child welfare.