Rule 9
Selection Of A Social Activist, Child Specialist Or Child Psychologist:
9. Selection of a Social Activist, Child Specialist or Child Psychologist:
(1) For the purpose of selection of social activist, child specialist or child psychologist to be present in the juvenile bench, the District Court shall issue a Thirty day public notice and call for application from among the individuals having qualification pursuant to Rule 8.
(2) The District Court shall send a list of persons deemed competent after the necessary investigation from among the applicants called pursuant to Sub-rule (1) to the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.
(3) From the list of receiving pursuant to Sub-rule (2), the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare shall send a list of persons to the Supreme Court for necessary advice who are deemed to be competent pursuant to Sub-section (5) of Section 55 of the Act.
(4) The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare shall appoint separate names of social activists, child specialist, child psychologist for each District Court from list of social activist, child specialist or child psychologist obtained from the Supreme Court.
(5) The facilities of the social activist, child specialist or child psychologist who present in the juvenile bench shall be as prescribed by the Government of Nepal.
(6) Notwithstanding anything written anywhere in the Rule, if any of the social activist, child specialist or child psychologist are no longer competent of or deny hearing a case, the District judge shall appoint any of the social activist, child specialist, or child psychologist from among the list prepared pursuant to Sub-rule (3) to participate in
the proceedings of a case.