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(1) The Court, which makes an order for sending a juvenile delinquent or other child to a reformatory, industrial or borstal school or for placing a juvenile delinquent or other child under the care of a fit person other than a parent or guardian may order the parent or the guardian who is responsible for the maintenance of such juvenile delinquent or child to pay such sum to such person or such authority as it may direct for his maintenance. The West Bengal Children Act, 1959. 13 XXX of 1959.] (Chapter V .—litaintenance and treatment of children in reformatory, industrial or borstal schools or under custody.—Section 36.) (2) The Court, before making any order under sub-section (1), shall inquire into the circumstances of the parent or guardian in his presence, or when his personal attendance is dispensed with, in the presence of his pleader or agent. (3) Where an order for the maintenance of a juvenile delinquent or other child has been made under section 488 of Aot V of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, the Court shall not