Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund Rules, 2017
No: -- Dated: Jan, 10 2018
SOCIAL WELFARE AND NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT
The Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund Rules, 2017
No. SRO A-1/2018. - In exercise of powers conferred under clause (iv) of sub-section (2) of Section 110 read with sub-section (3) of Section 105 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (Central Act No.2 of 2016), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following Rules, namely:-
1. Short Title. - These rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund Rules, 2017.
2. Definition. - (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) "Act" means the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (Central Act No 2 of 2016);
(ii) "Board" means the Governing Board constituted to administer the Juvenile Justice Fund in the State of Tamil Nadu;
(iii) "Beneficiary" means any person or group of persons who had been dealt with under the provision of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (Central Act No. 2 of 2016) and to whom either financial assistance or any kind of material assistance is given from the Juvenile Justice Fund;
(iv) "Director" means the Director of Social Defence;
(v) "Fund" means the Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund created under Section 105 of the Act;
(vi) "Government" means the State Government;
(vii) "Probation Officer" means an officer defined under clause (48) of Section 2 of the Act.
(2) All words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Constitution of the Fund. - (1) The Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund shall consist of a Corpus of Rs.25,00,000/ - sanctioned by the Government and any further contributions made by the Government from time to time;
(2) Voluntary donations, contributions or subscriptions made by individuals, association, organization, corporate sectors, nationalized banks, foreign banks, business establishments functioning within or outside the State or children by themselves;
(3) contribution received through charity shows, programmes, sports, clubs, etc.;
(4) fine or penalty imposed by the Court for remitting towards the Fund;
(5) amount received through the sale of greeting cards or any other product produced as skill development or vocational training.
4. Application of Fund. - The Fund shall be applied,-
(i) to meet the expenditure to be incurred towards the higher education, technical courses or vocational training of children dealt with, under the provisions of the Act;
(ii) to meet the emergency and incidental expenditure of children;
(iii) to meet the transportation and incidental charges of children and the escort staff for restoration or repatriation of children to their native place;
(iv) to meet the transportation and food expenses of children while they are ordered to be produced before the Child Welfare Committees or Juvenile Justice Boards;
(v) to provide infrastructure facilities in the institutions established under the provisions of the Act;
(vi) to provide sports and recreational materials to the child care institutions;
(vii) to organize sports and cultural meet in the child care institutions;
(viii) to provide for honorarium to translators and interpreters engaged for preparation of reports of children either by the Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees or Probation Officers;
(ix) to provide honorarium to teachers, special educators, vocational trainers psychologists, therapists, for conducting programmes for children;
(x) to provide honorarium to medical professionals including psychiatrists for special services;
(xi) to meet expenses on medical examination, medicines and hospital charges as in-patients or out-patients;
(xii) to provide monetary assistance for the placement of children in Non-institutional services such as foster care and sponsorship;
(xiii) to provide monetary assistance to families while restoring the children within family by non-institutionalization;
(xiv) to meet expenses in organizing parent children meetings;
(xv) to provide either financial assistance or material assistance to children while discharged from child care institutions or any expenses relating to the after care;
(xvi) to meet expenditure for repairs and construction in the existing buildings under the Department of Social Defence not exceeding rupees fifty thousand per annum in an institution;
(xvii) to meet expenditure for procurement of tools, equipment, vessels, other raw materials or capital investment for self-employment of children discharged from institutions;
(xviii) to carry out any activity which is recommended by the Juvenile Justice Board or Child Welfare Committee;
(xix) to carry out all other activities that are incidental and conducive to the best interest of children:
Provided that wherever honorarium or financial assistance is sanctioned, it should be granted as remuneration for special work of an occasional or intermittent character.