Children Act, 1960
48. Placing out on license
(1) When a child is
kept in a children's home or special school, the Administrator may, if he so
thinks fit, release the child from the children's home or special school and grant
him a written license for such period and on such conditions as may be
specified in the license permitting him to live with, or under the supervision
of, any responsible person named in the license willing to receive and take
charge of him with a view to educate him and train him for some useful trade or
calling..
(2) Any license so
granted under sub-section (1) shall be in force for the period specified in the
license or until revoked or forfeited by the breach of any of the conditions on
which it was granted.
(3) The Administrator
may, at any time, by order in writing revoke any such license and order the
child to return to the children's home or special school from which he was
released or to any other children's home or special school, and shall do so at
the desire of the person with whom or under whose supervision the child has
been permitted to live in accordance with a license granted under sub-section
(1).
(4) When a license has
been revoked or forfeited and the child refuses or fails to return to the
special school or children's home to which he was directed so to return, the
Administrator may, if necessary, cause him to be taken charge of and to be
taken back to the special school or children's home.
(5) The time during
which a child is absent from a special school or children's home in pursuance
of a license granted under this section shall be deemed to be part of the time
for which he is liable to be kept in custody in the special school or
children's home:
Provided that when a child has
failed to return to the special school or children's home on the license being
revoked or forfeited, the time which elapses after his failure so to return
shall be excluded in computing the time during which he is liable to be kept in
custody