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CHILD CAREAND PROTECTION
56.-(1) If the Minister is satisfied that the management of
licensed
homes.
any licensed home, or the accommodation provided for, or the
treatment of, the children therein, is such as to endanger or to be
likely to endanger their welfare, he may give, in writing to the
licensee concerned; such general or special directions with
respect to the matters aforesaid, or any of them, as he thinks
expedient for the welfare of the children in the home.
(2)
A direction under this section-
(a) may be served on the licensee concerned by being
delivered personally to him, or by being sent, by post
or otherwise, in a letter addressed to him at the home;
and
(b) may be varied by a subsequent direction, or may be
withdrawn by the Minister,
Order to
remove child
57.-(1) Subsection (2) shall apply in any case where the
from home.
Minister-
(a) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section
49,
has cancelled or suspended a licence or has refused
to renew a licence; or
(b) has reasonable grounds for believing that--
(i) any home is maintained in contravention of
any of the provisions of this Part, any of the
terms and conditions of a licence or of any
direction given by the Minister thereunder;
or
(ii) that any child is being maltreated, neglected or
illegally detained in any home.
(2) Any person authorized by the Minister in that behalf
may apply to a Resident Magistrate for an order-
(a) directing the Minister to remove any child from such
home to a place of safety to be specified in the order;
and
(b)
making any necessary arrangements for the future of
the child.
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