Legal Document View

Unlock Advanced Research with PRISMAI

- Know your Kanoon - Doc Gen Hub - Counter Argument - Case Predict AI - Talk with IK Doc - ...
Upgrade to Premium
[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Entire Act]

State of Jammu-Kashmir - Section

Section 22 in Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013

22. Prohibition of publication of name, etc., of juvenile in conflict with law or child in need of care and protection involved in any proceeding under the Act.

(1)No report in any newspaper, magazine, newssheet or visual media of any inquiry regarding a juvenile in conflict with law or a child in need of care and protection under the Act shall disclose the name, address or school or any other particulars calculated to lead to the identification of the juvenile or child nor shall any picture of any such juvenile or child be published :Provided that for reasons to be recorded in writing, the authority holding the inquiry may permit such disclosure, if in its opinion such disclosure is in the interest of the juvenile or the child.
(2)Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees.