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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registration of a special home may be granted or withdrawn.(3) The rules made under sub-section(2)may also provide for the segregation and separation of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 childs mental and physical status.Section 48 – The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act – Special Homes.
