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Power to amend orders -(1) W1thout prejud1ce to the provisions for appeal and revision under this Act, any competent authority may, either on its own motion or on an application received in this behalf, amend any order as to the institution to which a ch1ld is to be sent or as to the person ...-· under whose care or supervision a child is to be placed under this Act. (2) Clerical mistakes in orders passed by a competent authority or errors ansing therein from any accidental slip or omission n'lay, at any t1me, be corrected by the competent ~uthority either on 1ts own motwn or on an application received 111 -this behalf CHAPTER VI Special offences in respect of children 41 Punishment for cruelty to chHd.-(1) Whoever, having the actual charge of, or control over, a child, assaults, abandons, exposes or w1lfully neglects the child or causes or \'Y procures him to be assaulted, abandoned, exposed or neglected in a manner likely to cause such ch1ld unnecessary ll).ental and phys1cal suffering, shall be punishable w1th imprison- ment for a term wh1ch may extend to s1x months, or w1th fine, or with both. (2) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punish- able under sub-sectwn (1) unless the complamt 1s filed With the previous sanction of the Government or an officer authorised by them m th1s behalf 42 Employment of children for beggmg -(1) Whoever employs or uses any child for the purposes of beggmg or causes any child to beg shall be pumshable with imprisonment for a term whtch may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. (2) Whoever, having the actual charge of, or control over, a child, abets the commission of the offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be pumshable With 1mpnsonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both (3) The cognizable 3/28-3a offence punishable under this section shall be ' ' 26