Children Act, 1960
12. After-care organizations
The Administrator may,
by rules made under this Act, provide-
(a) for the
establishment or recognition of after-care organizations and the powers that
may be exercised by them for effectively carrying out their functions under
this Act;
(b) for a scheme of
after-care programme to be followed by such after-care organizations for the
purpose of taking care of children after they leave children’s homes or special
schools and for the purpose of enabling them to lead an honest, industrious and
useful life;
(c) for the
preparation and submission of a report by the probation officer in respect of
each child prior to his discharge from a children’s home or special school, as
the case may be, regarding the necessity and nature of after-care of such
child, the period of such after-care, supervision thereof and for the
submission of a report by the probation officer on the progress of each such
child;
(d) for the standards
and the nature of services to be maintained by such after-care organizations;
(e) for such other
matters as may be necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying out the
scheme of after-care programme of children.]