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When a juvenile rvho has been brought before the Juvenile Court is for.rnd to be
suffering fiom serious illness, wtether physical or mental and requires treatment, the Court shall
send such juvenile to a hospital or a medical institution where treatment shall be given to the
juvenile at the expense of the State.
12.
Trial of juvenile with adult person.- (1) Notwithstanding
any.thing contained in
section 239 ofthe Code or any other law for the time being in force and subject to the provisions
of sub-sections (2) and (3), no j rvenile may be charged with and tried for an offence together
with an adult.
(2)
A juvenile rnay bt: charged with and tried together with an adult by the Juvenile
Court if the Court is satisfied thal it is in the interests ofjustice to hold ajoint lrial.
(3)
In case ofjoint trial, the Juvenile Court may dispense with the physical presence
of the juvenile before it without any application in this regard and juvenile may be allowed to
join the Court proceedings throulih audio-visual technology link.
13.
Disclosure of iderrtity of the juvenile.- (1) Whoever prints or publishes the name
or any matter which may make krown identity of a juvenile shall be pruLished with imprisonment
of either description for
{2)
a term
which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Nothing in sub-section
(l)
extends to any printing or publication of the name or
any matter which may make kno,m the identity of
(a)
a
juvenile if such printing or publication is,-
by or unrler the order in writing of the officer-in- charge of the police
station or the police officer making
the investigation into such
ol)bnbe
acting in 3ood faith for the purposes of such investigation; or
(b)
by or with the authorization in writing of the juvenile or the next-of-kin
ofthe jurenile:
Provided that no such authorization shall be given by the next-of-kin to
anybody other than the chairman or the secretary, by whatever name
called, of any recognized welfare institution or organization.
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