Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( l) The State G 0vernment niay establish and 11omes. maintain as m 1ny Observation Homes as may be necessary for the temporary reception of children during the pc:ndency of any inquiry regarding them under this Act. (2) Where the State Government is of opinion that any inslitutiun other than an instit1ition e~tabli shed uncler sub-sectim (l ) is fit for the temporary reception of children during the pendency of any inquiry regarding them under this Act, it may recog· nise such institution as an Observation Hcrr;e for the purposes of this Act. (3) Every Observation Home to which a child is sent under this Act, shall net only provide the child with accommodation, mai11tenance and facilities ior medical examinaticn and treatment, bu t also PNvide him with facilities for usefol occupation. ( 4.) The State Government may, by rules made \IDder _ ~his Act, provide for the management of .. After-Care Organ i sa- tion. 7i Observation Homes and the circumstances under whichand the manner in which, an institution may be recognised as an Observation Home or the recogni- tion may be withdrawn.