Section 109, The Child Right Act, 2007

(1) The Government may establish an approvedresidential home referred to in this Act as home for the care of children in such areas as the Minister may determine. (2) Any person, including a non-governmental organisation may also establish and operate a home for the care of children, subject to the approval of the district council. (3) An application for the approval of a home shall be submitted to the district council. (4) The district council shall cause the home to be inspected and if the home meets the required standard it shall be approved by notice published in the Gazette. (5) Upon approval by the district council, the home shall obtain a licence to operate issued by the council after payment of the prescribed fee but this provision shall not apply to a government home. (6) Any non-governmental home for the care of children in existence at the commencement of this Act shall apply to the district council for approval and the issue of a licence within a period of six months from the commencement of this Act. (7) An applicant under subsection (6) who fails to obtain a licence after the six months referred to therein, shall cease the operation of the home concerned. 46 47 Foster-care placement. Persons who can foster. Adoption application by forsterparent. Definition of forsterparent. Approval of residential home.