law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  7. Procedure to be
  
  followed by a Magistrate not empowered under the Act.-
  1.     
  
    When
  
  any Magistrate not empowered to exercise the power of a Board under this Act is
  
  of the opinion that a person brought before his under any of the provisions of
  
  this Act (other than for the purpose of giving evidence), is a juvenile or the
  
  child, he shall without any delay record such opinion and forward the juvenile
  
  or the child and the record of the proceeding to the competent authority having
  
  jurisdiction over the proceeding.
  2.     
  
    the
  
  competent authority to which the proceeding is forwarded under sub-section (1)
  
  shall hold the inquiry as if the juvenile or the child has originally been
  
  brought before it.