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section 17; (xv) co-ordinate with the police, labour department and other agencies involved in the care and protection of children with support of the District Child Protection Unit or the State Government; (xvi) in case of a complaint of abuse of a child in any child care institution, the Committee shall conduct an inquiry and give directions to the police Or the District Child Protection Unit o labour department or childline services, as the case may be; (xvii) accessing appropriate legal services for children; (xviii) such other functions and responsibilities, as may be prescribed CHAPTER VI
PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION
31. Production before Committee: (1) Any child in need of care and protection may be produced before the Committee by any of the following persons, namely: any police officer or special juvenile police unit O a designated Child Welfare Police Officer Or any officer of District Child Protection Unit or inspector appointed under any labour law for the time being in force; (ii) any public servant; (iii) Childline Services Or any voluntary O non-governmental organisation Or any agency as may be recognised by the State Government; (iv) Child Welfare Officer Or probation officer; any social worker OT a public spirited citizen; (vi) by the child himself; or (vii) any nurse, doctor Or management of a nursing home, hospital or maternity home: Provided that the child shall be produced before the Committee without any loss of time but within a period of twenty-four hours excluding the time necessary for the journey: (2 The State Government may make rules consistent with this Act, to provide for the manner of submitting the report to the Committee and the manner of sending and entrusting the child to children S home o fit facility or fit person, as the case may be, during the period of the inquiry. 32. Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian. 1) Any individual or police officer o any functionary of any organisation O nursing home or hospital or maternity home, who or which finds and takes charge,_ or is handed over child who appears or claims to be abandoned or lost, or a child who appears o claims to be an orphan without family support, shall within twenty-four hours (excluding the time necessary for the journey), give information to the Childline Services or the nearest police station Or to Child Welfare Committee or to the District Child Protection Unit, or hand over the child to a child care institution registered under this Act, as the case may be. [(2) The information regarding child referred to in sub-section (1) shall be uploaded by the Committee or the District Child Protection Unit or the child care institution, as the case may be, on portal as may be specified by the Central Government in this behalf:]
1. Subs. by Act 23 of 2021 10, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f:. 1-9-2022).
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33. Offence of non-reporting -~If information regarding a child as required under
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