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III - At State Level and District Level.

3 - Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs):
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006 makes it mandatory to have one Juvenile Justice Board in each district to deal with matters relating to juveniles in conflict with law. The Juvenile Justice Boards will consist of two social workers along with a Judicial Magistrate.
There are many States/UT’s in the country, which have not yet established JJBs. Even in those States/UT’s where JJBs have been established, the infrastructure is often inadequate making it difficult for the JJBs to effectively discharge their duties. In some States/UT’s the number of JJBs are inadequate in terms of overall coverage of the total number of juveniles in conflict with law, which puts a lot of burden on the existing JJBs. All these ultimately result in unnecessary delays in disposition of matters pending before these Boards.
To facilitate setting up of a JJB in each district and to ensure their effective functioning, the Scheme shall provide adequate infrastructure and financial support to State Governments/UT Administrations.
A detailed guideline for setting up a JJB is given at Annexure- VII of the JJA, 2000.

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