law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  16. Order that may
  
  not be passed against juvenile.-
  1.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in
  
  force, no juvenile in conflict with law shall be sentenced to death or
  
  imprisonment for any term which may extend to imprisonment for life, or
  
  committed to prison in default of payment of fine or in default of furnishing
  
  security;
  Provided that where a juvenile who has
  
  attained the age of sixteen years has committed an offence and the Board is
  
  satisfied that the offence committed is of so serious in nature or that his
  
  conduct and behaviour have been such that it would not be in his interest or in
  
  the interest of other juvenile in a special home to sent him to such special
  
  home and that none of the other measures provided under this Act is suitable or
  
  sufficient, the Board may order the juvenile in conflict with law to be kept in
  
  such place of safety and in such manner as it thinks fit and shall report the
  
  case for the order of the State Government.
  2.     
  
    On
  
  receipt of a report from a Board under sub-section (1), the State Government
  
  may make such arrangement in respect of the juvenile as it deems proper and may
  
  order such juvenile to be kept under protective custody at such place and on
  
  such conditions as it thinks fit;
  Provided that the period of detention so
  
  ordered shall not exceed in any case the maximum period provided under section
  
  15 of this Act.
  Section 16 modified vide Juvenile Justice
  
  (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006, section 13