32. Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian .—(1) Any individual or a police officer or any functionary of any organisation or a nursing home or hospital or maternity home, who or whi ch finds and takes charge, or is handed over a child who appears or claims to be abandoned or lost, or a child who appears or claims to be an orphan without family support, shall within twenty-four hours (excluding the time necessary for the journey), give information to the Childline Services or the nearest police station or to a Child Welfare Committee or to the District Child Protection Unit, or hand over the child to a child care institution registered under this Act, as the case may be. 1[(2) The information regarding a child referred to in sub -section ( 1) shall be uploaded by the Committee or the District Child Protection Unit or the child care institution, as the case may be, on a portal as may be specified by the Central Government in this behalf.]
Section 32 JJ Act — Mandatory reporting regarding a child found separated from guardian
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