Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules 2020
Rule 12 :
Monitoring of implementation of the Act :
(1) The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (hereafter referred to as "NCPCR") or the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (hereafter referred to as "SCPCR"), as the case may be, shall in addition to the functions assigned to them under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 (4 of 2006), perform the following functions for implementation of the provisions of the Act -
(a) monitor the designation of Special Courts by State Governments;
(b) monitor the appointment of the Special Public Prosecutors by the State Governments;
(c) monitor the formulation of the guidelines described in section 39 of the Act by the State Governments, for the use of non-governmental organisations, professionals and experts or persons having knowledge of psychology, social work, physical health, mental health and child development to be associated with the pretrial and trial stage to assist the child, and to monitor the application of these guidelines;
(d) monitor the designing and implementation of modules for training police personnel and other concerned persons, including officers of the Centre and State Governments, for the effective discharge of their functions under the Act;
(e) monitor and support the Central Government and State Governments for the dissemination of information relating to the provisions of the Act through media including the television, radio and print media at regular intervals, so as to make the general public, children as well as their parents and guardians aware of the provisions of the Act.
(f) call for a report on any specific case of child sexual abuse falling within the jurisdiction of a CWC.
(g) collect information and data on its own or from the relevant agencies regarding reported cases of sexual abuse and their disposal under the processes provided under the Act, including information on the following:-
(i) number and details of offences reported under the Act;
(ii) whether the procedures prescribed under the Act and rules were followed, including those regarding time frames;
(iii) details of arrangements for care and protection of victims of offences under this Act, including arrangements for emergency medical care and medical examination; and,
(iv) details regarding assessment of the need for care and protection of a child by the concerned CWC in any specific case;
(h) use the information so collected to assess the implementation of the provisions of the Act. The report on monitoring of the Act shall be included in a separate chapter in the annual report of the NCPCR or the SCPCR.
(2) The concerned authorities mandated to collect data, under the Act, shall share such data with the Central Government and every State Government, NCPCR and SCPCRs.
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