(1) Upon receiving the information of criminal activity, the investigating officer shall initiate the investigation regarding the said offense as soon as possible. If during the investigation it is found that children accused of criminal acts should not be taken into custody for investigation, the investigating officer may take such children into custody.
(2) If it is not necessary to keep the children under control according to sub-section (1), their family members, guardians or close relatives should be entrusted.
(3) If a child is taken into custody according to sub-section (1), the investigating officer shall inform his family member, guardian or close relative.
(4) According to sub-section (1), the investigating officer shall not use force while taking the children under control. but shall not preclude the use of the minimum force necessary to restrain the child.
(5) If possible, the children taken into custody according to sub-section (1) should be contacted by a child psychologist or a person working on child welfare, and the necessary counseling services should be provided.
(6) If the children who have been detained under subsection (1) can be diverted by themselves according to section 27, the investigating officer may take statements from such children, regardless of what is written in the prevailing law.
(7) Children detained under sub-section (1) may be kept in observation room for twenty-one days not exceeding five days at a time with the permission of the Juvenile Court.
(8) Notwithstanding anything written in sub-section (7), if the Juvenile Court considers that it is not appropriate to keep the child accused of committing a crime, taking into account the physical condition, age, circumstances of the crime or the conditions of the surveillance room, on the condition that the Juvenile Court will present him when required. Such children shall be handed over to their father, mother, other family members or guardians, or if they are not themselves, to a social organization involved in the protection of the rights and interests of children or a child correctional home to investigate the case.He can order.
(9) When interrogating children taken into custody by the investigating officer, it shall be done in a child-friendly environment in the presence of their parents or guardians or child welfare officers or legal practitioners.