law: Children Act, 1960
  48. Placing out on license
  (1) When a child is
  
  kept in a children's home or special school, the Administrator may, if he so
  
  thinks fit, release the child from the children's home or special school and grant
  
  him a written license for such period and on such conditions as may be
  
  specified in the license permitting him to live with, or under the supervision
  
  of, any responsible person named in the license willing to receive and take
  
  charge of him with a view to educate him and train him for some useful trade or
  
  calling..
  (2) Any license so
  
  granted under sub-section (1) shall be in force for the period specified in the
  
  license or until revoked or forfeited by the breach of any of the conditions on
  
  which it was granted.
  (3) The Administrator
  
  may, at any time, by order in writing revoke any such license and order the
  
  child to return to the children's home or special school from which he was
  
  released or to any other children's home or special school, and shall do so at
  
  the desire of the person with whom or under whose supervision the child has
  
  been permitted to live in accordance with a license granted under sub-section
  
  (1).
  (4) When a license has
  
  been revoked or forfeited and the child refuses or fails to return to the
  
  special school or children's home to which he was directed so to return, the
  
  Administrator may, if necessary, cause him to be taken charge of and to be
  
  taken back to the special school or children's home.
  (5) The time during
  
  which a child is absent from a special school or children's home in pursuance
  
  of a license granted under this section shall be deemed to be part of the time
  
  for which he is liable to be kept in custody in the special school or
  
  children's home:
  Provided that when a child has
  
  failed to return to the special school or children's home on the license being
  
  revoked or forfeited, the time which elapses after his failure so to return
  
  shall be excluded in computing the time during which he is liable to be kept in
  
  custody