(14) “child in need of care and protection” means a child–
(i) who is found without any home or settled place of abode and without
any ostensible means of subsistence; or
(ii) who is found working in contravention of labour laws for the time
being in force or is found begging, or living on the street; or
(iii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not)
and such person–
(a) has injured, exploited, abused or neglected the child or has
violated any other law for the time being in force meant for the
protection of child; or
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