<P> A revamped Juvenile Justice Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 7 May 2015 . The new bill will allow minors in the age group of 16 - 18 to be tried as adults if they commit heinous crimes . The crime will be examined by the Juvenile Justice Board to ascertain if the crime was committed as a' child' or an' adult' . </P> <P> The bill will allow a Juvenile Justice Board, which would include psychologists and sociologists, to decide whether a juvenile criminal in the age group of 16--18 should be tried as an adult or not . The bill introduced concepts from the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption, 1993 which were missing in the previous act . The bill also seeks to make the adoption process of orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children more streamlined . </P> <P> The bill introduces foster care in India . Families will sign up for foster care and abandoned, orphaned children, or those in conflict with the law will be sent to them . Such families will be monitored and shall receive financial aid from the state . In adoption, disabled children and children who are physically and financially incapable will be given priority . Parents giving up their child for adoption will get 3 months to reconsider, compared to the earlier provision of 1 month . </P> <P> A person giving alcohol or drugs to a child shall be punished with 7 years imprison and / or ₹ 100,000 fine . Corporal punishment will be punishable by ₹ 50,000 or 3 years of imprisonment . A person selling a child will be fined with ₹ 100,000 and imprisoned for 5 years . </P>

The juvenile justice (care and protection of children) act 2016