At what level is the "Special Juvenile Police Unit" constituted under the "Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act"?
The correct answer is At the district level.
- At the district level is the "Special Juvenile Police Unit" constituted under the "Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act".
- Rajasthan Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2011
- Special Juvenile Police Unit:
- (1) The State Government shall appoint a Special Juvenile Police Unit at the District level within four months of the notification of these rules and the unit shall consist of a juvenile or child welfare officer of the rank of Police Inspector and two paid social workers having experience of working in the field of child welfare, of whom one shall be a woman.
(2) The District Child Protection Unit or the State Government shall provide services of its two social workers to the Special Juvenile Police Unit for discharging their duties.
(3) The Juvenile or Child Welfare Officer at the Police Station shall be a person with the aptitude and appropriate training and orientation to handle the cases of juveniles or children in terms of the provisions of the Act.
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
- The State Government of Rajasthan has made the following rules under this act, called the Rajasthan Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2011.
- The State Government, the Juvenile Justice Board, the Child Welfare Committee or other competent authorities or agencies, as the case may be, while implementing the provisions of these rules shall abide and be guided by the principles, specified in sub-rule (2).
- The following principles shall, interalia, be fundamental to the application, interpretation and implementation of the Act.



