Definitions

(s) „notification‟ means a notification, published in the Telangana Gazette; and the word „notified‟ shall be construed accordingly; (t) „observation home‟ means any institution established, recognised as such under section 26/19; (u) „place of safety‟ includes an observation home or any other suitable place or institution (not being a police station or jail) the occupier or manager of which is willing temporarily to receive a child; and take care of child and which in the opinion of the competent authority may be a place of safety for child; (v) „prescribed‟ means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act; (w) „probation officer‟ means an officer appointed as a probation officer under section 39 or under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; (x) „supervision‟ in relation to a child placed under the care of any parent, guardian or other fit person institution under this Act means the supervision of that child by a probation officer for the purpose of ensuring that the child is properly looked after and that the conditions imposed by the competent authority are complied with; (y) „voluntary home‟ means any place for the reception of children maintained wholly or partly by voluntary contributions. For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be a child, if at the time of initiation of any proceedings against him under this Act, or at the time of his arrest in connection with which any proceedings are initiated against him under this Act, such person has not completed the age of sixteen years in the case of a boy or eighteen years in the case of a girl: Provided that, if during the course of the proceedings under this Act, such person completes the age of sixteen years in the case of a boy or eighteen years in the case of a girl, the proceedings already commenced shall be continued and orders may be passed in respect of such person under this Act, as if such person was a child notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act.