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(1) Where it appears to the State 'Gomemmentxrthat any rchild kept in an institution or iii: :the care of a_fit epexson under any order of aeeurt is a leper or is suffering from eaudieease whieh-‘is z'decla'ted by the State Government in the mmher p—itescnibed cmagiemwéheme- inafte; called contagious disease), the §§tale«iGevemment.tm‘ay, by :39 order setting forth the grounds of heiiei‘ that the child is .a leper or is suffering from a contagious diaease, order his removalto‘a leper asylum or other place of safe custody, to ?be- kept and treated as the State Govetemefit directs dusing the'rc‘mainder ~01 the term for Which he has been ordered to he kept or, if on- the expiration of that term it is certified by a medical office: that it is necessary for ‘the safety of 'the child or of others that he should be further kept unfler-I‘medical care for treatment, then until he is discharged according to law. (2) Where 'it appears to the State Government that the child kept in ‘an institution or in the Care of a-fit person untim— ‘any order of court is of unsoundwmind, the State vGovemmenthay, by an some: setting forth the grounds of helief-thatithe'chfi‘dis ofunsound mind, order his removal to‘axmental he-spitai er tether ptace of "safety to be kept and treated as the State Government directs during the remainder of the term for which he has been Qtdered~to=be kept or, if on the expiration of that term it is certified by amedieaP-offieer that it is necessary for the safety of the child or ofvother Seasons that he should be further kept under medical care or treatment, then until he is discharged according to law: (3) Where it appears to the State Governmentthat the child has become of sound mind, or is cured of tepxosy,.or ofith‘e cemagious disease, the State Go'vemment shah, by an order, ditect the person having charged of the child if still liable to :be kept- in custody to send him to the institution or fit person from wherehe'was removed, or if the -chi1-d .is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to 2be discharged. ‘ (4) The provision of section 31 of the Indian lunacy Act, 1912, and section 14 of the Lezers Act, 1893 as the case may he, shall apply to every child confined in a mental hospital or a leper asylum under .sub-section (1.) or (2), and the time during which a child is ceu‘fined in a mental hospitat or a ieper asylum under that sub-section shall be recorded as part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the court to be kept; _ Provided that where the removal of a child due to unsoundness 0f mind or leprosy is immediately necessary. it ~rsha11 be Opened to the autherities of the institutian in Which thechild ~is~kepttoapp1y to ,a xcourt having jurisdiCtion under the .Indian :Lunacy- Act, 1912, orthe .Lepers Act, 1898, as the case may- be, for 'an immediate ionic: ofeommitalto mental hospitalvor a leper asylumras the-zcase'anay-bc until such times the orders of the State Goyemment can be ebtained in thc Ina‘tm. Transfer of children of unsound mind or s'u'-‘ ffering froi leprosy and other con= tagious diseases; PART . v11 POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF GOURTS HAVING JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ACT Juvenile Courts.