Section 249 Child’s Right Act

Section 249 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Declaration of building, etc., as an approved institution. It is under Part XXII (Approved Institutions and Post‐Release Supervision) of the Act.

(1) The Minister may by order declare any building, place or land within the Federation or a State, as the case may be to be ‐
(a) a Children Attendance Centre;
(b) a Children Centre;
(c) a Children Residential Centre;

(d) a Children Correction Centre;
(e) an Emergency Protection Centre;
(f) a Special Children Correctional Centre; or
(g) such other children institutions as may be established by the Minister.

(2) The Minister responsible for matters relating to women may by order declare any building, place or land within the Federation or a State, to be a Special Mothers Centre.