Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1) When a child ii. kept in a Children's Home on Iicen•e. or Special School, the State Government may, if he so thinks fit, release the child from the Children's Home or Special School and grant him a written licence for such period and on such C'Onditions M may be specified in the licence permitting him to live with, or under the supervision of, any responsible person named in the licence willing to receive and take charge of him with a view to educate him and train him for some useful trade or calling. (2) Any licence so grant eel under sub-section ( 1) shall be in force for the period specified in the licence or until revoked or forfeited by the breach of any of the conditions on which it was granted. (3) The State Government may, at any time, by order in writing revoke any such licence and order the child to return to the Children's Home or Special School from which he was released or to any other Children's Home or Special School, and shall do so at the desire of the person with whom or under whose supervision the child ha& been permitted to live in accordance with a licence granted under sub-section (I). (4) When a licence has been revoked or forfeited and the child refuses or fails to return to the Special School or Children's Home to which he was directed so to return, the State Government may, if necessary, cause him to be taken charge of and to be taken back to the Special School or Children's Home. (5) T he time during which a child is absent from