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Procedure to dea l with ahsconding beggars. Whoever, in con- travention of the provisions of S. 25,. escapes from an institution to which he has been committ ed unde r the provisions of this Ac t, or fails to return thereto after the expiry of the period of absence pe rmitted under sub-So (I) of S. 20 shall, on a report from the Superin tendent of the Institution, be ar rested by any police officer without warrant and sent back to the Rece iving Centre or certified in stitution, as the case may be.