INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 3
The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has urged all the local levels to implement the July 29
Cabinet decision regarding dissolution of the Central Child Welfare Board and district child welfare boards.
In response to a letter from
the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, the MoFAGA recently directed local levels to do the needful for transfer of moveable
and immovable property, employees and other liabilities of the previous district child welfare boards to the newly declared local child
The Council of Ministers had decided to dissolve the CCWB and district child welfare boards replacing them with National Child Rights Board
and local child rights board respectively in accordance with the Children Rights Act-2018.
The CCWB and district child welfare boards were
instituted under the Children Act-1992
According to MoFAGA, a management committee led by mayor of municipality or chairperson of rural municipality located in the concerned
headquarters will be formed for deciding on the use and management of property and infrastructure of the previous district child welfare
The new local child rights boards will function in accordance with the new act
In addition to the NCRB and local child rights boards, the new act has a provision of Children Court to conduct proceedingd, hearingd and
adjudication of offences committed by children.
&Children bench shall be formed in each district court to conduct proceedings, hearings and
adjudication of offences committed by children until formation of Children Court,& the law states
If a child below the age of 10 commits an offence, no punishment shall be handed down to him/her.
Similarly, a child between 10 and 14 years
of age shall be released after convincing him/her not to repeat such acts in future, as per the law.
In the case of a minor involvement in
an offence liable to jail sentence, the concerned child aged between 10 and 14 may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months or kept
in child correction centre for one year.
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