Section 60, The Child Right Act, 2007

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a child is in need of careand protection if the child - (a) is an orphan or is deserted by his parents and relatives; (b) has been neglected or ill-treated by the person who has the care and custody of the child; (c) has a parent or guardian who does not exercise proper guardianship; (d) is destitute; (e) is under the care of a parent or guardian who, by reason of criminal or drunken habits, is unfit to have the care of the child; (f) is found wandering and has no home or settled place of abode or visible means of subsistence; (g) is found begging or receiving alms, whether or not there is any pretence of singing, playing, performing, offering anything for sale or otherwise, or is found in any street, premises or place for the purpose of begging or receiving alms; (h) accompanies any person when that person is begging or receiving alms, whether or not there is any pretence of signing, playing, performing, offering anything for sale or otherwise; (i) frequents the company of any reputed thief or reputed prostitute; Persons to report child abuse and protection cases. District council to protect children. Police family support units. Minister’s power to make rules. Failure to comply with instruction of child welfare committe. Appeal from child welfare 30 31 Meaning of care and protection. (j) is residing in a house or the part of a house used by any prostitute for the purpose of prostitution, or is otherwise living in circumstances calculated to cause, encourage or favour the seduction or prostitution of or affect the morality of the child; (k) is a person in relation to whom an offence has been committed or attempted under the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2005; (l) is found acting in a manner from which it is reasonable to suspect that he is, or has been, soliciting or importuning for immoral purposes; (m) is otherwise exposed to moral or physical danger. (2) A child shall not be considered to come within the scope of paragraphs (i) and (j) of subsection (1) if the only reputed prostitute that the child associates with is his mother and if it is proved that she exercises proper guardianship and care to protect the child from corrupt influences.