 bill no  v of  2002 the prevention of sale of children in the garb of adoption  bill, 2002 a billto provide for preventing the sale of a child in the garb of adoption and for banning the organizations engaged in such activities and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the prevention of sale of children in the garb of adoption act, 2002short  title, extent and commencement5(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, appointdefinition102 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "appropriate government"means in case of a state, government of that state and in other cases, the central governmentban on sale of child3  notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force the sale of a child belonging to any community in the garb of adoption or otherwise is hereby prohibited154 (1) the appropriate government shall issue orders to ban centres, non-governmental organizations which, on investigation are found to be indulged in sale of child through whatever wayban  on organizations engaged in sale of  child2(2)  all the children who are in custody of a center or ngo banned under subsection (1), shall be  taken custody of by the appropriate governmentcentres for welfare ofchildren55 the appropriate government shall set up such number of centres as may bespecified, in each district under its jurisdiction for the purpose of protection, welfare anddevelopment of children taken over from such organizations found to be engaged in activities of illegal adoption and sale of children6 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for time being inforce the centres set up by the appropriate government shall, on being satisfied by the genuineness of the prospective parents desiring to adopt a child, allow such adoption:information about welfare of an adopted child10provided that the prospective parents, by an undertaking in writing pledge to informthe centre of the activities carried out by them for the welfare and development of child upto attainment of the age of twenty-five yearspenalty157 whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3, shall be punishable withimprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six years or with fine of rupees onelakh or with bothpower to make rules8 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsrecently it has come to the notice  that there exist in the country some organisations where children are being looked after and are sold to the people without any verification after demanding a good sum from the person  who afterward sell these children in the country and also to the foreigners number of organisations have protested against the sale of children in the name of adoption by certain non-governmental organisations in the states they have demanded that inquiry should be conducted into the entire dealings of adoption by a sitting judge to prevent illegal activities like sale of children in the countryrecently,  inquiry into child-trafficking  have revealed that there are large number of non-governmental organisations which indulge in such activities there is no law at present to tackle such illegal sale and adoption and therefore, an enactment of a special adoption act for protecting the children and punishing the culprits involved in the racket is necessaryhence this billrumandla ramachandriah financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for setting up centres for welfare of children in all districts the bill, if enacted and brought into operation will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india with respect to union territories it is expected that a sum of rupees fifty crores is likely to be involved as recurring expenditure per annumit may also involve a non recurring expenditure of rupees two crores from the consolidated fund of india memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details only the delegation of legislative power is of normal character rajya  sabha a billto provide for preventing the sale of a child in the garb of adoption and for banning the organisations engaged in such activities and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto(shri rumandla ramachandriah, mp)