JJ Act 48Chapter VII · Rehabilitation and Social Re-integration
Section 48 · Special homes
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(1) The State Government may establish and maintain either by itself or through
voluntary or non-governmental organisations, special homes, which shall be registered as such, in the
manner as may be prescribed, in every district or a group of districts, as may be required for rehabilitation
of those children in conflict with law who are found to have committed an offence and who are placed
there by an order of the Juvenile Justice Board made under section 18.
(2) The State Government may, by rules, provide for the management and monitoring of special homes, including the standards and various types of services to be provided by them which are necessary for social re-integration of a child, and the circumstances under which, and the manner in which, the registration of a special home may be granted or withdrawn.
(3) The rules made under sub-section (2) may also provide for the segregation and separation of children found to be in conflict with law on the basis of age, gender, the nature of offence committed by them and the child's mental and physical status.
(2) The State Government may, by rules, provide for the management and monitoring of special homes, including the standards and various types of services to be provided by them which are necessary for social re-integration of a child, and the circumstances under which, and the manner in which, the registration of a special home may be granted or withdrawn.
(3) The rules made under sub-section (2) may also provide for the segregation and separation of children found to be in conflict with law on the basis of age, gender, the nature of offence committed by them and the child's mental and physical status.
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