law: Children Act, 1960
  40. Power to amend orders
  (1) Without prejudice
  
  to the provisions for appeal and revision under this Act, any competent
  
  authority may, either on its own motion or on an application received in this
  
  behalf, amend any order as to the institution to which a child is to be sent or
  
  as to the person under whose care or supervision a child is to be placed under
  
  this Act.
  (2) Clerical mistakes
  
  in orders passed by a competent authority or errors arising therein from any
  
  accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by the competent
  
  authority either on its own motion or on an application received in this
  
  behalf.