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(b) "Board" means a Child Welfare Board con· stituted under section 4 ; (c) «Broiflel", "Prostitute", "Prostitution' · and "Public Place" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Sup- Central Act pression of Immoral Traffic in Women 104 of 1956. and Girls Act, 195'.J ; (d) "Child" means a boy who has not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who has not attained the age of righteen years ; (e) "Children's Court" means a court constitu· ted under section 5 ; (f ) "Children's Home'' means an institution established or certified by the State Government under section 9 as a Chil- dren's Horne ; I (g) 66 "Competent authority" means, in relation to neglected children, a Board constitu· ted under section 4 and, in relation to delinquent children a Children's Court constituted under section 5, and wh~ no such Board or Children's Court has been constituted , includes any Court empowered under sub-section (2) of section 7 to exercise the powers confer. red on a Board or Children's Court ; (h) "Dangerous drug" shall have the meaning 2 of 1930• assigned to it in the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 ; (i) "Delinquent Child" means a child who has been found to have committed an offence ; ( j) "Guardian" in relation to a child, includes any person who, in the opinion of the competent authority having cognizance of any proceeding in relation to a child, has, for the time being, the actual ch:arge of, or control over, that Child ; ~ k) "Neglected Child" means a Child who•- (i) is found begging ; or (ii) is found without having any home o::- settlecl place of abode or any ostensible means of subsisteIJce or is found des- titu1e; whether he is an orphan or not; o;; (iii) has a parent or guardian who is unfit to exercise or does not exercise proper care and control over the child ; or 11v) lives .in a brothel or with a prostitute or frequently goes to any place used for the purpose of prostitution, or is found to associate with any prostitute or any other p~rson who leads an immoral, drunken or depraved life. (I) "Observation Home" means any institution or place established or recognised by the State Government under section 11 as an Observation Home ; _s. 67 (m) "Offence" means an offence punishable under any law for the time being in force, ; 1 n \ "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; "Probation Officer" means an Officer ap- (o) pointed as a Probation Officer under this 20 of l95S. Act or under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 ; (p) "Special School" means an institution established or certified by the State Government under section 10 : \q) "Supervision", in relation to a child placed under the care of any parent, guardian or other fit person under this Act, means the supervision of that child by a Probation officer for the purpose of ensuring that the child is properly looked after and that the conditions imposed by the competent authority are complied with ; (r\ all words and expression used but not defin- ed in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Code. Gont~nua~ion 3. Where an inquiry has been init;ated against a ?f mquiry child and during the course of such inquiry the child •n respect b h h · h d. h. of Child ceases to e sue , t en, notw1t sta.n mg anyt rng con· who has tained in~this Act or in '.l.ny other law for the time ceased t? being in force, the inquiry may be continued and_ orders be a child. may be made in respect of such person as if such person had continued to be child. CHAPTER II COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND INSTITU- TION FOR CHILDREN Cluld Wei·