law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 
  58. Transfer of
  
  juvenile or child of unsound mind or suffering from leprosy or addicted to
  
  drugs.- 
  
  Where it appears to
  
  the competent authority that any juvenile or the child kept in a special home
  
  or a children's home or shelter home or in an institution in pursuance of this
  
  Act, is suffering from leprosy or is of unsound mind or is addicted to any
  
  narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, the competent authority may order his
  
  removal to a leper asylum or mental hospital or treatment centre for drug addicts
  
  or to a place of safety for being kept there for such period not exceeding the
  
  period for which he is required to be kept under the order of the competent
  
  authority or for such further period as may be certified by the medical officer
  
  necessary for the proper treatment of the juvenile or the child.