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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 56] [Entire Act]

State of Jammu-Kashmir - Subsection

Section 56(1) in Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013

(1)Where it appears to the competent authority that any juvenile or child kept in a special home or an observation home or a children's home or a shelter home or in an institution in pursuance of the Act, is a mentally ill person or addicted to alcohol or other drugs which lead to behavioral changes in a person, the competent authority may order his removal to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 1987 (Central Act No. 14 of 1987) or the rules made thereunder.