law: Children Act, 1960
  31. Committal to approved place of child suffering from
  
  dangerous disease and its future disposal
  (1) When a child who
  
  has been brought before a competent authority under this Act is found to be
  
  suffering from a disease requiring prolonged medical treatment or physical or
  
  mental complaint that will respond to treatment, the competent authority may
  
  send the child to any place recognized to be an approved place in accordance
  
  with the rules made under this Act for such period as it may think necessary
  
  for the required treatment.
  (2) Where a child is
  
  found to be suffering from leprosy or is of unsound mind, he shall be dealt
  
  with under the provisions of the Lepers Act, 1898 or the Indian Lunacy Act,
  
  1912, as the case may be.
  (3) Where a competent
  
  authority has taken action under sub-section (1) in the case of a child
  
  suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, the competent authority
  
  before restoring the said child to his partner in marriage, if there has been
  
  such, or to the guardian, as the case may be, shall where it is satisfied that
  
  such action will be in the interest of the said child call upon his partner in
  
  marriage or the guardian, as the case may be, to satisfy the court by
  
  submitting to medical examination that such partner or guardian will not
  
  re-infect the child in respect of whom the order has been passed.