Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960

No: 10 Dated: Apr, 09 1960

Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960

-: PRELIMINARY :-

1. Short title, extent and commencement.―(1) This Act may be called the Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.―In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,―
(a) “Board” means the Board of Control established under section 5;
(b) “certificate” means the certificate of recognition granted under section 15;
(c) “child” means a boy or girl who has not completed the age of eighteen years;
(d) “home” means an institution, whether called an orphanage, a home for neglected women or children, a widows’ home, or by any other name, maintained or intended to be maintained for the reception, care, protection and welfare of women or children;
(e) “manager” means a member of the managing committee appointed as such by the committee under section 20;
(f) “managing committee” means the committee of management referred to in section 20;
(g) “recognised home” means a home in respect of which a certificate has been granted;
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) “woman” means a female who has completed the age of eighteen years.
3. Act not to apply to certain institutions.―Nothing in this Act shall apply to―
(a) any hostel or boarding house attached to, or controlled or recognised by, an educational institution; or
(b) any protective home established under the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 (104 of 1956); or
(c) any reformatory, certified or other school, or any home or workhouse, governed by any enactment for the time being in force.