Section 70
Rescue, Protection And Health Check-up To Be Made
(1) If the police employee receives any information, complaint or report about violence against the child or child sexual abuse, he or she shall write, or cause to write, necessary details and register it, and if the child needs to be rescued immediately, rescue him or her and refer the victim child to a temporary protection service.
(2) If it appears that the child victim is in physical or mental pain, the police employee shall send him or her to a nearby hospital or health centre and have his or her health checked up and treated.
(3) While taking the statement of the child victim, the police employee shall do so in the presence of his or her parents, other family member or guardian if it
is possible that they can so appear, and if they cannot so appear, in the presence of a female representative of a social organization or a social service provider.
Provided that if the parents, guardian or other family members are the perpetrator of violence against children or child sexual abuse, their presence shall not be allowed during the taking of such statement.