 bill no 62 of  2017 the child protection bill, 2017 by shri vishnu dayal ram, mp a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the child protection  act, 2017short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint5definition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, 'child' means a person who has not completed the age of fifteen years3 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no child shall be employed by any person for any work in any mannerprohibition of child employment4 (1) the central government shall establish adequate number of children homeswith all basic amenities for the welfare of children in every district of the countryestablishment of children homes5(2) any child who is abandoned, orphan, destitute, neglected or engaged in any job,occupation or begging shall be admitted to  the children homes set up under sub-section (1)5 (1) every child who is admitted into the children home shall be entitled to thefollowing facilities free of cost,—(a) accommodation, food and clothing;facilities to be provided to the children in children homes10(b) education including higher and technical education; and (c) medical assistance(2) every child shall also be entitled to such other facilities as are necessary for hisall-round development156  the central government shall make provisions of reservation in posts and servicesunder its control for children admitted to children homes on attaining the age of eighteen yearsreservation in posts and services under central government power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act20 25(2) every rule made under this act by the central government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsa large number of children are forced by their parents to do menial labour, in order to sustain their livelihood due to lack of proper diet and healthcare, these children become victims of a number of diseases some of them even succumb to premature death many of these children are highly talented but due to lack of proper education and other opportunities, their talent goes wastechildren are the future of a country it is, therefore, the responsibility of the government to provide opportunities of all-round development to every child and also to provide protection against exploitation thus, it is proposed to bring in a legislation for the welfare and protection of children against exploitationhence this billnew delhi;vishnu dayal ramfebruary 27, 2017 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for establishment of children homes with all basic facilities for the welfare of children clause 5 provides for facilities like accommodation, food, clothing, education and medical assistance to be given to children admitted into children homes, free of cost the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve the recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crores per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crores is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill as the rules will related to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewith————(shri vishnu dayal ram, mp)gmgipmrnd—5095ls(s3)—27032017