(1) The State Government may establish and maintain as many reception homes as it may consider necessary for the temporary reception of juvenile delinquents and of other children.
(2) If the State Government is of opinion that any institution or place not established under sub-section (1) is fit for the temporary reception of juvenile delinquents or of other children, the State Government may by order recognise such institution or place as a reception home for the purposes of this Act and may by like order withdraw such recognition.
19. When a reception home ceases to be a recognised reception home by reason of withdrawal of recognition or otherwise, the juvenile delinquents or the other children detained therein may, by order of the State Government, be discharged unconditionally or on such conditions as the State Government may impose or be transferred to some other reception home in accordance with the provisions of this Act.