Section 113, The Child Right Act, 2007

(1) A child may be admitted to a home for the care ofchildren– (a) pending the determination by a Family Court of a protection order under this Act; (b) on the recommendation of a probation officer or social welfare officer who has determined that the approved home for the care of children is the most suitable place for the child; or (c) if the child is an orphan and family care and fosterage are not available. (2) If a home for the care of children fails to maintain the required standard, its licence to operate may be cancelled or suspended by the district council and alternative arrangements shall be made by the council for the child in the home. (3) It shall be the responsibility of the staff of a home for the care of children, the probation officer social welfare officer and any other person to assist a child resident in the home for the care of children to become reunited with its parents, guardian or relatives. (4) After a child has been returned to his family home from a home for the care of children, the probation officer and social welfare officer shall keep in regular contact with the child and his family to ensure that the best interests of the child are sustained. (5) Where a child is unable to return to his parents or to go to foster-parents or has no parent or foster-parent, he shall be encouraged and assisted by the home for the care of children and the probation officer and social welfare officer to become independent and self-reliant.