Any child who escapes or is removed from a place of safety or place of refuge without lawful authority—
place of safety
“place of safety” means any place of safety established or appointed under section 54; Child 21 “place of detention”— (a) means any place of detention established or appointed under section 58; and (b) includes accommodation in a police station, police cell or lock-up, separate or apart from adult offenders;
may be arrested without a warrant by any Protector or police officer and shall be brought back to the place of safety or place of refuge; and
Protector
“Protector” means— (a) the Director General; (b) the Deputy Director General; (c) a Divisional Director of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare; (d); (e) any Social Welfare Officer appointed under section 8;
shall be placed—
in the case of a place of safety, for such period which is equal to the unexpired residue of his stay under the order originally made by the
Court For Children; and
Court For Children
“Court For Children” means the Court For Children constituted under section 11;
in the case of a place of refuge, for such period which is equal to the period during which he was unlawfully at large and for the unexpired residue of his term of placement under the order originally made by the Court For Children.