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(2) All institutions referred to in sub-section 1) shall develop formal link
section 38. (2) All institutions referred to in sub-section 1) shall develop formal linkages with nearby Specialised Adoption Agency and shall furnish details of the children declared legally free for adoption to that Specialised Adoption Agency along with all relevant records in the manner as may be prescribed, for the placement of such children in adoption. (3) If any such institution contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) Or sub-section (2), it shall be liable to fine of fifty thousand rupees for each instance to be imposed by the registering authority and it may also attract de-recognition in the event of persistent flouting of such provisions 67. State Adoption Resource Agency: (1) The State Government shall set up State Adoption Resource Agency for dealing with adoptions and related matters in the State under the guidance of Authority. (2) The State Agency, wherever already exists, shall be deemed to be set up under this Act: 68. Central Adoption Resource Authority. ~The Central Adoption Resource Agency existing before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been constituted as the Central Adoption Resource Authority under this Act to perform the following functions, namely: to promote in-country adoptions and to facilitate inter-State adoptions in cO-ordination with State Agency; b) to regulate inter-country adoptions; to frame regulations on adoption and related matters from time to time as may be necessary; to carry out the functions of the Central Authority under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Inter-country Adoption; any other function as may be prescribed. 69. Steering Committee of Authority:-(1) The Authority shall have a Steering Committee with following members:
1. Subs. by Act 23 0f 2021,s. 24, for "court" (We.f: 1-9-2022).
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Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, who shall be the Chairperson ex officio; b Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development; Government of India, dealing with Authority ex officio; Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development; Government of India, dealing with Finance ex officio; one State Adoption Resource Agency and two Specialised Adoption Agencies; one adoptive parent and one adoptee; one advocate or a professor having at least ten years of experience in family law; g Member-Secretary, who shall also be Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. (2) Criteria for the selection or nomination of the Members [mentioned at clauses (d) to (f) of sub-section (1)], their tenure as well as the terms and conditions of their appointment shall be such as may be prescribed. (3) The Steering Committee shall have the following functions, namely: to oversee the functioning of Authority and review its working from time to time so that it operates in most effective manner; (b) to approve the annual budget, annual accounts and audit reports as well as the action plan and annual report of Authority; to adopt the recruitment rules, service rules, financial rules of Authority as well as the other regulations for the exercise of the administrative and programmatic powers within the organisation, with the prior approval of the Central Government; any other function that may be vested with it by the Central Government from time to time. The Steering Committee shall meet once in a month in the manner as may be prescribed: The Authority shall function from its headquarter and through its regional offices as may be set up as per its functional necessity. 70. Powers of Authority: For the efficient performance of its functions, Authority shall have the following powers, namely: to issue instructions to any Specialised Adoption Agency O a Children Home O any child care institution housing any orphan, abandoned or surrendered child, any State Agency or any authorised foreign adoption agency and such directions shall be complied by such agencies; recommending to the concerned Government o Authority to take appropriate action against any official 0r functionary Or institution under its administrative control, in case of persistent non - compliance of the instructions issued by it; C) forwarding any case of persistent non-compliance of its instructions by any official Or functionary Or institution to Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the same and the Magistrate to whom any such case is forwarded shall proceed to hear the same as if the case has been forwarded to him under
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