Section 22
Discharge of inmates of home.
The Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960
About this Act
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.
(1) Subject to the regulations, if any, made by the Board, if
the managing committee of a home is satisfied that an inmate of the home has become fit to earn his
or her livelihood or is otherwise fit to be discharged from the home, the manager may discharge such
inmate.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no female inmate of a home shall be discharged or given in marriage or entrusted to the care of any other person unless such female has made a declaration before the Board or an officer specified by it in this behalf that she consents to such discharge, marriage or entrustment, as the case may be, and, if the inmate to be given in marriage is a minor, unless the Board or officer, as the case may be, has, after recording the reasons in writing, given its or his approval thereto.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no female inmate of a home shall be discharged or given in marriage or entrusted to the care of any other person unless such female has made a declaration before the Board or an officer specified by it in this behalf that she consents to such discharge, marriage or entrustment, as the case may be, and, if the inmate to be given in marriage is a minor, unless the Board or officer, as the case may be, has, after recording the reasons in writing, given its or his approval thereto.