Existing Child Rights Acts

1).1956: Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (amended in 1986)

2).1956: Probation of Offenders Act

3).1960: Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act

4).1976: Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act

5).1986: Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act

6).1987: Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act

7).1989: Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

8).1992: Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution)  Act

9).1994: Transplantation of Human Organ Act

10).1996: Persons with Disabilities (Equal Protection of Rights and Full articipation) Act

11).2000: Information Technology Act

12).2000: The Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act

13).2002: The Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act

14).2005: The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act – Commission’s Parental Act

15).2006: The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act

16).2006: Prohibition of Child Marriage Act

17).2009: The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE)

18).2011: Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights RulesCommission’s Parental Rule.

19).2012: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act-2012 (POCSO)

20).2012: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Notified Rules – 2012

21).2012: The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012

22).2013: The National Policy for Children announced by the Government of India.

23).2016: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015.