Section 32
! 1)
Whenever a protector has reason to believe that there is, within the area within which he exercises jurisdiction, a child in respect of whose taking no notification has been made within one week after the taking, he may, by summons under his hand addressed to the person who has or is believed to have the care, custody or control of such child, require such person to appear and to produce the child before him at the time and place specified in the summons.
(2)
If a person on whom a summons has been served under subsection !1)
fails to produce the child at the time and place specified therein, the protector may issue a warrant authorising any person named therein to search for such child and produce him before the protector.
!3) Any child named or described in such warrant may be removed to a place of safety and there temporarily detained until the protector has completed 1470
his inquiry under this Part or may, for the like period, be temporarily committed to the custody of a relative or other fit person on such terms and conditions as the protector may require.
(4)
The protector may make such inquiry as he thinks fit as to the circumstances and the reasons for the taking of the child referred to in subsection
(1)
and as to the suitability of the person who has taken the child into his care, custody or control.
(5)
If, after the inquiry mentioned in subsection (1), the protector deems it expedient in the best interests of the child, he may either -
{a)
order that the child be returned to the care, custody or control of his guardian or any other person from whom he was taken; or
{b)
permit the taking of the child on such terms and conditions as the protector may require.
(6)
If the taking of a child by any person has been permitted under paragraph {b) of subsection (5) subject to any term or condition and default is made in complying with such term or condition, the protector may by warrant under his hand order that the child be taken out of the care, custody or control of such person and committed to a place of safety or to the custody of a relative or other fit person on such terms and conditions as the protector may require until the child attains the age of eighteen years or for any shorter period.