The Goa Children's Homes Rules, 2004

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    "title": "The Goa Children's Homes Rules, 2004",
    "short_title": "The Goa Children's Homes Rules, 2004",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 2-61(1)-97/ICDS/13",
    "act_year": 2004,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Goa Children's Homes Rules, 2004",
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    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Goa Children's Act, 2003 (Act 18 of 2003);\n(b) \"Children's Home\" means the Children's Home registered under rule 5;\n(c) \"Director\" means the Director, Department of Women & Child Development;\n(d) \"Form\" means the Form annexed to these rules;\n(e) \"Inspection Team\" means the District Inspection Team set up under sub-rule (1) of rule 3;\n(f) \"Secretary\" means the Secretary in charge of the Department of Women and Child Development;\n(g) \"Section\" means section of the Act.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. District Inspection Team.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Functions of Inspection Team.",
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            "content": "(a) to inspect, regulate and supervise all Children's Homes in its area;\n(b) to arrange the transfer of management of those Children's Homes which surrendered their registration or whose registration has been cancelled.\n(c) to prepare annual reports of its activities and submit them to the Director for further necessary action as he may deem fit.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Registration of Children's Homes.",
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            "content": "(a) maintains or runs any Children's Home at the commencement of these rules, within three months; or\n(b) intends to establish, maintain or run any Children's Home, on or after the commencement of these rules, immediately, shall apply for registration of the Children's Home to the Director in \"Form A\".\n(i) Certificate of registration or articles of incorporation, trust documents of the body which maintains or runs the Children's Home or is intending to set up one;\n(ii) area of operation of the Children's Home;\n(iii) names, designation and qualifications of the Managerial staff who will run the Children's Home;\n(iv) facilities, such as, educational, recreational, medical, vocational, etc. available at the Children's Home;\n(v) accommodation available at the Children's Home;\n(vi) information regarding separate residential and other facilities for boys and girls;\n(vii) such other particulars as may be required by the Director.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Inspection of Children's Homes.",
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            "content": "(a) separate residential accommodation is available for male and female children between age group of 5 years to 10 years.\n(b) boys and girls above the age of ten years are accommodated in separate buildings segregated by proper compound wall and proper security arrangements are in place;\n(c) each Children's Home is a comprehensive child care centre with primary objective to promote an integrated approach to a child care involving the community and the local non-governmental organizations;\n(d) the Children's Homes have the following main activities, namely:-\n(i) family based services, such as, foster family care and sponsorship;\n(ii) linking up with the Integrated Child Development Services to cater to the needs of children below six years;\n(iii) to establish linkages with organizations and individuals to provide support services to children;\n(iv) to encourage volunteers to provide for various services for children and families to become guardian.\n(e) every Children's Home have the following facilities:-\n(i) there shall be adequate lighting, ventilation, heating and cooling arrangements, safe drinking water and toilets;\n(ii) the minimum standard of accommodation shall be,-\n(A) Dormitory - 40 square feet per child;\n(B) Classroom - sufficient accommodation;\n(C) Workshop - sufficient work space;\n(D) Playground - sufficient playground area shall be provided in every home according to the total number of children in the home with provision for Indoor games.\n(iii) the dormitories, classrooms and workshops shall have sufficient cross ventilation and lighting;\n(iv) every Children's Home shall provide for the necessary medical facilities so as to ensure,-\n(A) regular facilities for medical treatment;\n(B) arrangements for the immunization coverage; and\n(C) a system for referral of cases with deteriorating health or serious cases to the nearest civil hospital or recognized treatment centres;\n(v) no surgical treatment shall be carried out on any child without the previous written consent of the parent or guardian, unless either the parent or the guardian cannot be found and the condition of the child is such that any delay shall, in the opinion of the medical officer, involve unnecessary suffering or injury to the health of the child;\n(vi) a health record of each child in the Children's Home shall be maintained on the basis of monthly medical check up;\n(vii) appropriate clothing and bedding shall be provided according to season and age;\n(viii) Sanitation and Hygiene. - Every Children's Home shall have the following facilities, namely:-\n(A) sufficient drinking water.\n(B) sufficient water for bathing and washing clothes and sufficient space for washing clothes;\n(C) maintenance and cleanliness of the premises;\n(D) proper drainage system;\n(E) arrangements for disposal of garbage;\n(F) protection from mosquitoes;\n(G) sufficient number of latrines/bathrooms;\n(H) clean and hygienic kitchen;\n(I) sunning of bedding and clothing.\n(ix) the Children's Home shall have the following arrangement for the medical facility, with doctor and nurse:-\n(A) all Children brought into the Children's Home shall be medically examined initially within 24 hours of arrival;\n(B) the routine medical checkup of the children must be done on monthly basis;\n(C) the sick children shall constantly be under medical supervision;\n(D) in the event of break out of contagious or infectious diseases segregation of children must be ensured;\n(E) the medical service shall include immunization facility as specified under the National Immunization Schedule;\n(F) the medical record of each child shall be meticulously maintained.\n(x) the Children's Home shall provide education to all children according to age and ability, either both inside the Children's Home or outside as per the requirement;\n(xi) every Children's Home shall facilitate useful vocational training under the guidance of trained instructors.",
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            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Certificate of Registration.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Death of a Child.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Custodial rape or sexual abuse.",
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            "content": "(i) in case any resident makes any complaint of occurrence of any event of custodial rape or sexual abuse of a child, or any such event comes to the knowledge of any concerned individual, he shall intimate it to the Director immediately, who shall order for special investigation by the Inspection Team of the said incidence.\n(ii) based on the report of the Inspection Team, the Director shall with the approval of the Competent Authority, lodge a complaint to the local police station against the person suspected to have committed an offence under the relevant provisions of the Goa Children's Act, 2003 or any other law in force, for further necessary action.\n(iii) the Competent Authority shall on receipt of the information of the child abuse under this rule, proceed to take action under section 15 of the Act, as he deems fit.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Supervision by Inspection Team.",
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            "content": "(i) to visit and oversee the functioning of the Children's Homes and give suitable directions to be followed by them;\n(ii) to make suggestions for the improvement and development of the institution;\n(iii) to visit Homes by prior intimation or by surprise;\n(iv) to interact with the children during the visits to the Homes to determine their well-being;\n(v) to take follow up action on the findings and suggestions of the children and give suitable directions to the management;\n(vi) to determine personnel strength of a Home according to the duty, posts, hours of duty per day as the case for each category of staff.\nExplanation.\nS. No.\nDesignation\nNumber of Posts\n(1)\nProject Manager\n1\n(2)\nCounsellor\n2\n(3)\nHouse Mother or House Father\n4\n(4)\nCase Worker\n3\n(5)\nEducator\n2 (part time)\n(6)\nVocational Instructor\n1\n(7)\nDoctor\n1 (part time)\n(8)\nParamedical Staff\n1\n(9)\nStore keeper cum Accountant\n1\n(10)\nDriver\n1\n(11)\nCook\n2\n(12)\nHelper\n2\n(13)\nSweeper\n2\n(14)\nArt and Craft cum Music Teacher\n1 (part time)\n(15)\nGardener\n1 (part time)\n(16)\nSecurity Guard\n1\nForm A\nForm A\n[ See Rule 5(1)]\nApplication for registration of Children's Home\nApplication for registration of Children's Home\nSociety/Association/Body/Individual.\nYours sincerely\n.............................................................. (Office bearer of the Institution/Organization)",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "goa021",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 2-61(1)-97/ICDS/133, dated 21st October, 2004",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2004",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Children's Homes Rules, 2004",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}