38.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Director to provide for remand homes and for this purpose he may arrange with the occupiers of any premises for the purpose of their being used as a remand home or may himself establish such a home.
(2) The Director may contribute towards the expenditure incurred by any society or person in establishing, enlarging or improving an institution for the purpose of its being used as a remand home.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Director to provide additional remand homes so long as any places for the care of children provided under this Law are available for use as remand homes.
39.-(1) The order or judgment in pursuance of which a child under the age of sixteen years is committed to custody in a remand home shall be delivered with the child to the person in charge of the home and shall be sufficient authority for his detention in the home in accordance with the tenour thereof.
(2) A child under the age of sixteen while so detained and while being conveyed to or from a remand home shall be deemed to be in legal custody.
(3) The Director shall cause remand homes to be inspected and may make rules for their inspection, regulation and management and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of the persons detained in custody therein, and for the visitation of such persons from time to time by persons appointed in accordance with the rules.
(4) A child under the age of sixteen who escapes from a remand home may be apprehended without warrant, and brought back thereto, and any person who knowingly assists or induces a child under the age of sixteen so to escape or who knowingly harbours or conceals a child who has so escaped, or prevents him from returning, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding .150 or to both such imprisonment and fine.
40.-(1) Where an order has been made by a Court committing a child under the age of sixteen to a remand home it shall be the duty of the father or mother or person who was the legal guardian prior to any Court order or to the reception of the child into care by the Director to make contributions in respect of him.
(2) On making any such order as aforesaid, the Court will proceed to assess the earnings of the persons liable to contribute and shall make a further order for the payment to the appropriate person or authority of a suitable amount of maintenance.
(3) Nothing in this section shall allow the avoidance by a father or mother of their liability to contribute because he or she has deserted the other or the matrimonial home or for any other reason does not reside there.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, a contribution order shall be enforceable as a maintenance order made under section 183 of the Criminal Code.