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State of Assam - Section

Section 6 in The Assam Children Act, 1970

6. Procedure in relation to Boards and Children's Courts.

(1)In the event of any difference of opinion among the members of a Board or among the Magistrate of a Children's Court, the opinion of the majority shall prevail, but where there is no such majority, the opinion of the Chairman or of the Senior Magistrate, as the case may be, shall prevail.
(2)A Board or Children's Court may Act notwithstanding the absence of any member of the Board, or as the case may be, any Magistrate of the Children's Court and no order made by the Board or Children's Court shall be invalid by reason only of the absence of any member of 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 Children's Court unless he has on the opinion of the State Government, special knowledge of child psychology and child welfare.