Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may establish and main- tain as many reception homes as it may consider necessary for the temporary reception of juvenile delinquents and of other children. (2) If the State Government is of opinion that any institution or place not established under sub-section (1) is fit for the temporary reception of juvenile delinquents or of other children, the State Government may by order recognise such institution or place as a reception home for the purposes of this Act and may by like order withdraw such recognition.