Section 119, The Child Right Act, 2007

(1) Subject to this section, no person shall operate a daycare centre except under a permit issued by the district council.(2) An application for a permit to operate a day-care centre shall be submitted by the applicant to the district council. (3) The application shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. (4) The council shall inspect the proposed day-care centre and if it meets the required standard it shall approve the application and grant a permit upon payment of the fee for the permit as prescribed. (5) Any day-care centre in operation without a permit granted by a council shall be closed on fourteen days’ notice to the owner or operator by the council. 120 (1) The council shall inspect the premises, books, accounts and other records of a day-care centre at least once in every six months. (2) If the inspection reveals that the day-care centre is not being managed efficiently in the best interests of the children, the council shall suspend the permit and the owner or operator shall be ordered to make good any default within a stipulated time. (3) If the owner or operator fails to make good the default within the stipulated time, the permit shall be cancelled.