law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  Chapter I:
  
  Preliminary
  1. Short title,
  
  extent, commencement and application.-
  1.     
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,
  
  2000.
  2.     
  
    It
  
  extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
  3.     
  
    It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
  4.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the provisions
  
  of this Act shall apply to all cases involving detention, prosecution, penalty
  
  or sentence of imprisonment of juveniles in conflict with law under such other
  
  law. Title substituted and subsection (4) inserted vide Juvenile Justice (Care
  
  and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006, section 3