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CHILD
CARE
AND
PROTECTION
Provided that the court may in any case, if satisfied that it is in
the interests of justice so to do, by order dispeinse with the
provisions of this section to the extent specified in the order.
(2)
Any person who publishes any matter in
contravention of this section commits an offence against this
Act
PART111.---Children In Cure
Interpretation
46. In this Part-
for Part
111.
"lawful guardian" means any person appointed according to
law or by deed or will or the order of a court, to be the
guardian of a child, or to have the custody and
maintenance of a child;
"licence" means a licence granted under this Part;
"licensed home" means a children's home licensed under
this Part;
"licensee" means the holder of a licence under this Part.
Licence to
operate
47.-(1) No person shall establish or maintain a children's
children's
home (hereinafter in this Part referred to as a "home") except
home.
under a valid licence granted to him by the Minister in respect of
the home:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to-
(a) a juvenile correctional centre;
(b)
any school, other than a school required by the Minister
to be licensed;
(c)
any house where four or more children arc: boarded and
maintained by relatives of such children, or by the wish
or with the consent of the parents or lawhl guardians
of such children, save in cases where the Minister, by
notice in writing, expressly requires any such house to
be licensed;
(d)
any home or orphanage maintained wholly by the
Government.
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