While assessing age of a person under the Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act, 2015, the Court/Board is required to consider the documents/ evidence in the following order of preference:
A. (1) Birth Certificate issued by a Municipality
(2) School Certificate
(3) Ossification test report
(4) Aadhar Card
B. (1) Ossification test report
(2) Birth Certificate issued by the Municipality
(3) Aadhar Card
C. (1) Birth Certificate issued from the school/matriculation certificate
(2) Date of birth certificate issued by the Municipality
(3) Ossification test report
D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
This Question Belongs to Law >> Juvenile Justice Act
The punishment for cruelty to juvenile or child amounts to
A. Imprisonment upto 6 months or fine or both
B. Imprisonment upto 1 year or with fine or both
C. Imprisonment upto 2 years only
D. Fine upto Rs. 1,00,000 only
The upper age limit upto which a child having committed offence is considered to be a juvenile is:
A. 16 years
B. 18 years
C. 15 years
D. None of the above
Which of the following constitutes a type of juvenile delinquency?
A. Status Offence
B. Civil Offence
C. Criminal Offence
D. A and C
A. To allow the child to go home after advise or admonition
B. To drop the proceedings and release the child from custody forthwith
C. To direct the child to be released or probation of good conduct
D. Send the child to a place of safety
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