Clause 3

Any public officer acting under the direction of the Director or any police officer may take in charge any destitute person and deliver him to the custody of the Director.

If the Director has reasonable cause to believe that any person so delivered into his custody has no visible means of subsistence, he may arrange for such person to be temporarily admitted into a welfare home until an inquiry has been held by him.

Every such inquiry shall be completed within a period of one month from the date of such person’s admission into a welfare home.

If after holding such inquiry, the Director is satisfied that such person is a destitute person within the meaning of this Act, he may by warrant under his hand require such person to reside in a welfare home.