POCSO Act Section 44 — Monitoring of implementation of Act
CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS
Criminal
Summary
Sub-section (1) says that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, or the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, as the case may be, must, in addition to their existing duties, also monitor how this Act is being implemented. The manner of this monitoring is to be as prescribed.
Sub-section (2) says that when the National Commission or State Commission is inquiring into any matter related to an offence under this Act, it has the same powers that it has under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
Sub-section (3) says that the National Commission or State Commission must include its activities under this section in the annual report that it prepares under section 16 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
Official Text
(1) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under section 3, or as the case may be, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under section 17, of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 (4 of 2006) shall, in addition to the functions assigned to them under that Act, also monitor the implementation of the provisions of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The National Commission or, as the case may be, the State Commission, referred to in sub-section (1), shall, while inquiring into any matter relating to any offence under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in it under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 (4 of 2006).
(3) The National Commission or, as the case may be, the State Commission, referred to in sub-section (1), shall, also include, its activities under this section, in the annual report referred to in section 16 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 (4 of 2006).
