Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960
Bare Act · 1960
An Act to provide for the supervision and control of orphanages, homes for neglected women or children and other like institutions and for matters connected therewith.
- Act number
- 10 of 1960
- Enacted
- 9 April 1960
- Contents
- 31 sections · 5 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Act not to apply to certain institutions
- Section 4 – Effect of Act on instruments governing recognised homes
Chapter II — The Board Of Control And Its Powers And Functions
- Section 5 – Board of Control, its constitution, etc
- Section 6 – Term of office and casual vacancies (preview)
- Section 7 – Functions of the Board (preview)
- Section 8 – Power of the Board to give directions to manager of a recognised home (preview)
- Section 9 – Power of inspection (preview)
- Section 10 – Funds of the Board (preview)
- Section 11 – Staff of the Board (preview)
- Section 12 – Delegation of powers (preview)
Chapter III — Recognition Of Homes
- Section 13 – Homes not to be run without certificate (preview)
- Section 14 – Application for certificate (preview)
- Section 15 – Grant or refusal of certificate (preview)
- Section 16 – Contents of certificate (preview)
- Section 17 – Revocation of certificate (preview)
- Section 18 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 19 – Surrender of certificate and its effect (preview)
Chapter IV — Management Of Recognised Homes
- Section 20 – Managing committee (preview)
- Section 21 – Duty of manager (preview)
- Section 22 – Discharge of inmates of home (preview)
- Section 23 – Reports regarding deaths of inmates (preview)
Chapter V — Miscellaneous
- Section 24 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 25 – Sanction for prosecutions (preview)
- Section 26 – Persons performing functions under Act to be public servants (preview)
- Section 27 – Protection of acts done in good faith (preview)
- Section 28 – Power of State Government to exempt homes (preview)
- Section 29 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 30 – Power of the Board to make regulations (preview)
- Section 31 – Repeals and savings (preview)