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(1) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, any police officer may take charge
of a child in conflict with law who has run away from a special home or an observation home or a place
of safety or from the care of a person or institution under whom the child was placed under this Act.(2) The child referred to in sub-section(1)shall be produced, within twenty-four hours, preferably
before the Board which passed the original order in respect of that child, if possible, or to the nearest
Board where the child is found.(3) The Board shall ascertain the reasons for the child having run away and pass appropriate orders
for the child to be sent back either to the institution or person from whose custody the child had run away
or any other similar place or person, as the Board may deem fit:Provided that the Board may also give additional directions regarding any special steps that may be
deemed necessary, for the best interest of the child.(4) No additional proceeding shall be instituted in respect of such child.Section 26 – The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act – Provision With Respect Of Run Away Child In Conflict With Law.
