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(1) The State Government may at any time discharge a child or youthful offender from the care of any person to whose care he is committed under this Act, either absolutely or on such conditions as the State Government approve. . (2) The State Government may at any time order a child or youthful offender to be discharged from an approved school, either absolutely or on such conditions as the State Government approve. (3) The State Government may order a youthful offender over the age of fifteen years detained in an approved school to be transferred to a Borstal institution established under the United Provinces Borstal Act, 1938 in the interest of discipline or for other special reasons : Provided that the total period of detention of such youthful offender shall not be increased by such transfer. (4) Upon the transfer of a youthful offender to a Borstal institution under the preceding sub-section, the provisions of the United Provinces Borstal Act, 1938, shall apply to such offender as if he had been originally ordered to be detained in a Borstal institution under that Act. [The Uttar Pradesh Children Act, 1951] [Section 45-47] 56 Period of detention