REPORT BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON UNCRC 67 in need of care and protection and recommending District Child Protection Unit or labour department regarding care, protection and rehabilitation of the action for improvement in quality of services to or childline services, as the case may be; (xvii) child, including directions relating to immediate the District Child Protection Unit and the State accessing appropriate legal services for children; shelter and services such as medical attention, Government; (ix) certifying the execution of the (xviii) such other functions and responsibilities, as psychiatric and psychological support including surrender deed by the parents and ensuring that may be prescribed. need-based counselling, occupational therapy or they are given time to reconsider their decision as well as making all efforts to keep the family behaviour modification therapy, skill training, legal 96 Section 37 of the JJ Act, 2015. (1) The Committee aid, educational services, and other developmental together; (x) ensuring that all efforts are made on being satisfied through the inquiry that the child activities, as required, as well as follow-up and for restoration of abandoned or lost children to before the Committee is a child in need of care coordination with the District Child Protection their families following due process, as may be and protection, may, on consideration of Social Unit or State Government and other agencies; (h) prescribed; (xi) declaration of orphan, abandoned Investigation Report submitted by Child Welfare declaration that the child is legally free for adoption and surrendered child as legally free for adoption Officer and taking into account the child’s wishes in under section 38. (2) The Committee may also pass after due inquiry; (xii) taking suo motu cognizance case the child is sufficiently mature to take a view, orders for — (i) declaration of fit persons for foster of cases and reaching out to children in need of pass one or more of the following orders, namely:— care; (ii) getting after care support under section care and protection, who are not produced before (a) declaration that a child is in need of care and 46 of the Act; or (iii) any other order related to any the Committee, provided that such decision is protection; (b) restoration of the child to parents or other function as may be prescribed. taken by at least three members; (xiii) taking action guardian or family with or without supervision of for rehabilitation of sexually abused children Child Welfare Officer or designated social worker; who are reported as children in need of care and (c) placement of the child in Children’s Home or protection to the Committee by Special Juvenile fit facility or Specialised Adoption Agency for the Police Unit or local police, as the case may be, purpose of adoption for long term or temporary under the Protection of Children from Sexual care, keeping in mind the capacity of the institution Offences Act, 2012; (xiv) dealing with cases referred for housing such children, either after reaching the by the Board under sub-section (2) of section 17; conclusion that the family of the child cannot be (xv) co-ordinate with the police, labour department traced or even if traced, restoration of the child to and other agencies involved in the care and the family is not in the best interest of the child; protection of children with support of the District (d) placement of the child with fit person for long Child Protection Unit or the State Government; (xvi) term or temporary care; (e) foster care orders in case of a complaint of abuse of a child in any under section 44; (f) sponsorship orders under child care institution, the Committee shall conduct section 45; (g) directions to persons or institutions an inquiry and give directions to the police or the or facilities in whose care the child is placed, 97 Section 39 of JJ Act, 2015 (1) The process of rehabilitation and social integration of children under this Act shall be undertaken, based on the individual care plan of the child, preferably through family based care such as by restoration to family or guardian with or without supervision or sponsorship, or adoption or foster care: Provided that all efforts shall be made to keep siblings placed in institutional or noninstitutional care, together, unless it is in their best interest not to be kept together. (2) For children in conflict with law the process of rehabilitation and social integration shall be undertaken in the observation homes, if the child