Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
60. Contribution by
parents.-
1.
The
competent authority which makes an order for sending a juvenile or the child to
a children's home or to a special home or placing the juvenile under the care
of a fit person or fit institution may make an order requiring the parent or
other person liable to maintain the juvenile or the child to contribute to his
maintenance, if able to do so, in the prescribed manner according to income.
2.
The
competent authority may direct, if necessary, the payment to be made to poor
parent or guardian by the superintendent or the Project Manager of the home to
pay such expenses for the journey of the inmate or parent or guardian or both,
from the home to his ordinary place of residence at the time of sending the
juvenile as may be prescribed.