law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 
  56. Power of
  
  competent authority to discharge and transfer juvenile or child.- 
  The competent
  
  authority may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, at any time,
  
  order a child in need of care and protection or a juvenile in conflict with law
  
  to be discharged or transferred from one children's home or special home to
  
  another, as the case may be, keeping in view the best interest of the child or
  
  the juvenile, and his natural place of stay, either absolutely or on such
  
  conditions as it may think fit to impose;
  Provided that the
  
  total period of stay of the juvenile or the child in a children's home or a
  
  special home or fit institution or under a fit person shall not be increased by
  
  such transfer.