Section Section 107
of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).] 88. Alternative punishment: Where an act
Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).] 88. Alternative punishment: Where an act O omission constitutes an offence punishable under this Act and also under any other law for the time being in force, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any such law, the offender found guilty of such offence shall be liable for punis shment under such law which provides for punishment which is greater in degree: 89. Offence committed by child under this Chapter: ~Any child who commits any offence under this Chapter shall be considered as a child in conflict with law under this Act: CHAPTER X
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90. Attendance of parent or guardian of child. The Committee Or the Board, as the case may be, before which a child is brought under any of the provisions of this Act, may, whenever it s0 thinks fit; require any parent O guardian having the actual charge of the child to be present at any proceeding in respect of that child. 91. Dispensing with attendance of child. (1) If, at any stage during the course of an inquiry, the Committee or the Board is satisfied that the attendance of the child is not essential for the purpose of inquiry, the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, shall dispense with the attendance of a child and limit the same for the purpose of recording the statement and subsequently, the inquiry shall continue even in the absence of the child concerned, unless ordered otherwise by the Committee o the Board. (2) Where the attendance of a child is required before the Board or the Committee, such child shall be entitled to travel reimbursement for self and one escort accompanying the child as per actual expenditure incurred, by the Board, or the Committee or the District Child Protection Unit; as the case may be. 92. Placement of a child suffering from disease requiring prolonged medical treatment in an approved place:_When a child, who has been brought before the Committee or the Board; is found to be suffering from disease requiring prolonged medical treatment or physical or mental complaint that will respond to treatment, the Committee o the Board, as the case may be, may send the child to any place recognised as a fit facility as prescribed for such period as it may think necessary for the required treatment. 93. Transfer of a child who is mentally ill or addicted to alcohol or other drugs. 1) Where it appears to the Committee or the Board that any child kept in a special home Or an observation home O a Children 's Home Or in an institution in pursuance of the provisions of this Act; is a mentally ill person O1 addicted to alcohol O ther drugs which lead to behavioural changes in a person, the Committee or the Board, may order removal of such child to psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987) or the rules made thereunder. (2) In case the child had been removed to psychiatric hospital O psychiatric nursing home under sub-section (1), the Committee or the Board may, on the basis of the advice given in the certificate of discharge of the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, order to remove such child to an Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts or similar centres maintained by the State Government for mentally ill persons (including the persons addicted to any narcotic drug O psychotropic substance) and such removal shall be only for the period required for the inpatient treatment of such child Explanation. -~For the purposes of this sub-section, ~Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts" shall have the meaning assigned to it under the scheme called "Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse and for Social Defence Services" framed by the Central Government in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment O any other corresponding scheme for the time being in force;
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