Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Transfers between children's homes, etc., under the Act and children's homes, etc., of Ztke nature m dttferent parts •· of India.-(1) The Government may dtrect any neglected child or delmquent child to be transferred from any clltldren's home or spectal school within the State of Kerala to any other cluldren's home, spectal school or mstltution of a like nature m any other State with the consent of the Government of that State. (2) The Government may, by general or spectal order, provide for the recept10n in a children's home or special school of a neglected ch1ld or delmquent child detained m a children's home or spectal school or mstltut10n of a hke nature m any other State, where the Government of that State makes an order for such transfer, and upon such transfer the provisions of th1s Act shall apply to such child as If he had been origmally ordered to be sent to such children's home or special school under this Act 47 Transfer of chtldren suffering from leprosy or tuberculoszs or of unsound mind.-(1) Where it appears to the Government that any child kept in a children's home or special school m pursuance of this Act is suffermg from leprosy or tuberculosis or Is of unsound mmd, the Government may order his removal to a leper asylum or T. B Sanatonum or Mental hosp1tal or other place of safe custody for being kept there for the remainder of the term for which he has to be kept m custody under the orders of the competent authority or for such further penod as may be certified by a medical officer to be necessary for the proper treatment of the child. (2) Where it appears to the Government that the child is cured of leprosy or tuberculosis or of unsoundness of mind, the Government may, if the child is still liable to be kept m custody, order the person having charge of the child to send him to the spec1al school or children's home from wh1ch he was removed, or, 1£ the chtld 1s no longer hable to be kept m custody, order h1m to be dtscharged. 48 Placmg out on lzcence -(1) When a child is kept in a children's home or spedal school, the Government may, if 28 they think fit, release the ch1ld from the children's home or special school and grant him a wntten licence for such penod and on such conditiOns as may be specified m the hcence permittmg him to hve with, or under the supervision of any responsible person named m the licence, willing to receive and take charge of him w1th a view to educate h1m and train him for some useful trade or calling. (2) Any hcence so granted under sub-section (1) shall be m force for the penod specified m the licence or until revoked or forfeited by the breach of any of the conditions on wh1ch it was granted (3) The Government may, at any time, by order in wntmg 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 w1th whom or under whose supervisiOn the chlld has been permitted to live m accordance with a licence granted under sub-section (1). ( 4) When a l1cence has been revoked or forfeited and the child refuses or falls to return to the children's home or special school to which he was directed so to return, the Government may, if necessary, cause him to be taken charge of and to be taken back to the children's home or spec1al school (5) The time during which a child is absent from a children's home or spec1al school m pursuance of a licence granted under this sectwn shall be deemed to be part of the time for which he IS hable to be kept m custody m the children's home or special school: Provided that when a child has failed to return to the children's home or special school on the licence being revoked or forfeited, the time which elapses after his failure so to return shall be excluded m computing the t1me during wh1ch he IS liable to be kept m custody. 49 Promsion m respect of escaped children.-Notwith- standmg anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time bemg m force, any pohce officer may take charge with- out warrant of a child who has escaped from a children's home> or special school or from the care of a person under whom he was placed under this Act and shall send the child back to I I I ~~ - I I I ' ,_j 29 the children's home or spec>~.al school or that person, as the case may be, and no proceedmg shall be mstituted m respect of the ch1ld by reason of such escape, but the ch1ldren's home, special school or the person may, after g1vmg the mformatwn to the competent authonty wh1ch passed the order m respect ;"':' to the competent authonty wh1ch passed the order m respect deemed necessary.