law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  Chapter III: Child in
  
  Need of Care and Protection
  29. Child Welfare
  
  Committee.-
  
  1.     
  
    The
  
  State Government may, within a period of one year from the date of commencement
  
  of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006,
  
  by notification in the official gazette, constitute for every district, one or
  
  more, Child Welfare Committees for exercising the powers and discharge the
  
  duties conferred on such Committees in relation to child in need of care and
  
  protection under this Act.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and four other members as the State
  
  Government may think fit to appoint, of whom at least one shall be a woman and
  
  another, an expert on matters concerning children.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  qualification of the Chairperson and the members, and the tenure for which they
  
  may be appointed shall be such as may be prescribed.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  appointment of any member of the Committee may be terminated, after holding
  
  inquiry, by the State Government, if -
               
  
   i.        
  
    he
  
  has been found guilty of misuse of power vested under this Act;
              
  
   ii.        
  
    he
  
  has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, and such conviction
  
  has not been reversed or he has not been granted full pardon in respect of such
  
  offence;
             
  
   iii.        
  
    he
  
  fails to attend the proceedings of the Committee for consecutive three months
  
  without any valid reason or he fails to attend less than three-fourth of the
  
  sittings in a year.
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  5.     
  
    The
  
  Committee shall function as a Bench of Magistrates and shall have the powers
  
  conferred by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) on a Metropolitan
  
  Magistrate or, as the case may be, a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.
  Sub-section (1) modified vide Juvenile
  
  Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006, section 16