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(1) It is the responsibility of the State to devise and develop mechanisms for rehabilitation of released convicts. For this purpose, Discharged Prisoners’ After Care and Rehabilitation Committees shall be set up at the district level, which shall comprise the following, - (a) District Magistrate - Chairperson (b) Superintendent - Convener (c) District Probation Officer - Member (2) Such Committees shall inter alia devise schemes for rehabilitation and after-care assistance for released prisoners. While devising the mechanism and extending help, special attention shall be paid to the protection and post-release care and help of children, adolescents, women, sick, old, infirm and handicapped persons. Special emphasis shall be laid on the after-care of habitual offenders, if they so request. Planning.