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Amendment up to date
(17th January, 2022)

JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ACT,
2018(JJSA)

SINDH JUDICIAL ACADEMY
LIBRARY
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ACT, 2018

CONTENTS

1. Short title, extent and commencement. ....................................................................................... 2
2. Definitions................................................................................................................................... 2
3. Legal assistance. ......................................................................................................................... 4
4. Juvenile Court. ............................................................................................................................ 4
5. Arrest of a juvenile...................................................................................................................... 5
6. Release of a juvenile on bail. ...................................................................................................... 5
7. Investigation in juvenile cases. ................................................................................................... 6
8. Determination of age................................................................................................................... 6
9. Disposal of cases through diversion. .......................................................................................... 6
10. Juvenile Justice Committee....................................................................................................... 7
11. Procedure of Juvenile Court...................................................................................................... 8
12. Trial of juvenile with adult person. ........................................................................................... 9
13. Disclosure of identity of the juvenile. ....................................................................................... 9
14. Report of probation officer. .................................................................................................... 10
15. Powers of Juvenile Court to order for release. ........................................................................ 10
16. Orders that shall not be passed with respect to a juvenile. ..................................................... 11
17. Special provision for female juvenile. .................................................................................... 11
18. Appeal. .................................................................................................................................... 11
19. Removal of disqualification attached with conviction............................................................ 12
20. Establishment and certification of observation homes and Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres. 12
21. Power of the [Interior Division] to withdraw certificate. ....................................................... 12
22. Inspection of observation homes and Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres. ................................. 12
23. Act to override other laws. ...................................................................................................... 12
24. Power to make rules. ............................................................................................................... 13
25. Repeal. .................................................................................................................................... 13

ACT XXII OF 2018

JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ACT, 2018

An Act to provide for criminal justice system

for juveniles

[Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary, Part I,

24th May, 2018]

No. F.9(5)/2018-Legis, dated 22.5.2018. ---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)
received the assent of the President on l8th May, 2018 and is hereby published for general
information:-

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for criminal justice system and social reintegration of
juveniles;

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement. ---(1) This Act may be called the Juvenile
Justice System Act, 2018.

(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. ---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

(a) "best interest of the child" means the basis for any decision taken regarding the child to ensure
fulfillment of his basic rights and needs, identity, social well-being, physical, emotional and
psychological development;

(b) "child" means for the purposes of this Act a person who has not attained the age of eighteen
years;

(d) "diversion" means an alternative process of determining the responsibility and treatment of a
juvenile on the basis of his social, cultural, economic, psychological and educational background
without resorting to formal judicial proceedings;.

(e) "Government" means the Federal Government or the Provincial Government, as the case may
be;

(f) "guardian" in relation to a juvenile means a parent or a person who has been appointed as a
guardian by the court or a person who has actual care of the child;

(g) "heinous offence" means an offence which is serious, gruesome, brutal, sensational in character
or shocking to public morality and which is punishable under the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act
XLV of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force with death or imprisonment for life or
imprisonment for more than seven years with or without fine;

(h) "juvenile' means, a child who may be dealt with for an offence in a manner which is different
from an adult;

(i) "Juvenile Court" means a court established under section 4;

(j) "Juvenile Justice Committee" means a committee established under section 10;

(k) "Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre" means a place where a juvenile may be kept and given
education, vocational or technical training for his mental, moral and psychological development
and includes certified institutions, juvenile training institutions, borstal institutions, vocational
centres, dar-ul-amaan and women crises centres established by the Government or by voluntary
organizational certified by the Government;

(l) "Juvenile offender" means a child who is alleged to have committed or who has been found to
have committed an offence;

(m) "major offence" means an offence for which punishment under the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
(Act XLV of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force is more than three years and up to
seven years imprisonment with or without fine;

(n) "medical officer" means a medical officer notified as such by the [Division concerned or
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relevant department of provincial Governments;]

(o) "minor offence" means an offence for which maximum punishment under the Pakistan Penal
Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force is imprisonment up to three
years with or without fine;

(p) "observation home" means a place where a juvenile is kept temporarily after being apprehended
by police as well as after obtaining remand from Juvenile Court or otherwise for conducting
inquiry or investigation for the purposes of this Act;

1 “Word” Subs. by Fed. Act. No. III of 2022, S. 2, dt, 17 Jan, 2022

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