 bill no c of 2006 the adoption of children (regulation) bill, 2006 a billto regulate the adoption of children and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the adoption of the children (regulation) act, 2006(2) (a) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement5(3) (b) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state the government of that state and in all other cases the central government;(b) "child" means a person who has not attained the age eighteen years; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3   no person shall indulge in sale or purchase of a child in the countryno person to indulge in sale or purchase of children4  no organisation or institution shall indulge in any activity connected with either the taking or giving in adoption of children in the country except as provided in this actorganisations not indulge in activity related to adoption of children5 (1) the appropriate government shall set up a centre to be known as a centre for welfare, rehabilitation and adoption of children in each district of the country with such families and infrastructure as may be prescribedestablishment of centre for welfare, rehabilitation and adoption of children(2) the centre set up under sub-section (1) shall take over the custody of all the children from various organisations or institutions which are working in connection with the welfare rehabilitation and adoption of children in that districtprocedure for adoption of a child6  (1)  whoever, desires to adopt a child shall apply to any centre for welfare, rehabilitation and adoption for adoption of a child and such centre shall, on being satisfied by the genuineness of the adopting person, allowed adoption of child in such manner as may be prescribed(2)  any person who adopts a child shall inform the respective centre about the development and welfare of the adopted child from time-to-time until such child attains the age of eighteen years7  whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to five years with and with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupeesoverriding effect of the act8  the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being or in any instrument having the force of law but save as aforesaid, the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being applicable to the adoption of childrenpower to make rules9  the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provision of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsrecently several cases of sale of children have been reported in the country even an educator working with a noted ngo, run by a top police official was arrested on charge of facilitating the sale of children many non-government organizations and institutions set up for the purpose of welfare and rehabilitation of orphans and helpless children have also been reportedly involved in nefarious dealings in children for monetary gains there is no system of verifying the antecedents of persons who seek adoption of children the loopholes enable child trafficking in the name of adoption of children at present, there is no law to affectively tackle sale of children it is, therefore, to enact a law to regulate adoption of children and present sale of childrenthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesshobhana  bhartia financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for the setting up of a centre for welfare, rehabilitation and adoption of child in each district of the state the central government will bear expenditure incurred in respect of the union territories and the state governments will bear expenditure incurred in respect of states from their respective consolidated funds the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about five crore rupees is likely  to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about ten lakh rupees is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purpose of the bill these rules will relate to matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character————abillto regulate the adoption of children and for matters connected therewith————(shrimati shobhana bhartia, mp)