20. Managing committee.―(1) There shall be a managing committee in charge of the
management of every recognised home and the members of the managing committee shall appoint a
member thereof to be the manager of such home for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The constitution, powers and functions of the managing committee and the term of office of
the members thereof shall be such as may be provided in the constitution pertaining to such home.
21. Duty of manager.―It shall be the duty of the manager to comply with all the requirements of
this Act and the rules, regulations, directions and orders thereunder in respect of every woman or
child admitted into the recognised home until the woman is rehabilitated or the child completes the
age of eighteen years or until the certificate ceases to have effect.
22. Discharge of inmates of home.―(1) Subject to the regulations, if any, made by the Board, if
the managing committee of a home is satisfied that an inmate of the home has become fit to earn his
or her livelihood or is otherwise fit to be discharged from the home, the manager may discharge such
inmate.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no female inmate of a home shall be
discharged or given in marriage or entrusted to the care of any other person unless such female has
made a declaration before the Board or an officer specified by it in this behalf that she consents to
such discharge, marriage or entrustment, as the case may be, and, if the inmate to be given in marriage
is a minor, unless the Board or officer, as the case may be, has, after recording the reasons in writing,
given its or his approval thereto.
23. Reports regarding deaths of inmates.―The manager shall, immediately after the occurrence
of any death among the inmates of the home, send a written report thereof to the Board explaining the
cause of death to the best of his knowledge.