Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context;— (a) “Area of compulsion” means an are a specified or the purpose of making elem entary education com pulsory under section 41 ; (A) “Attendance Au tho rity” means any person appointed to be an attendance authority under section 47 ; (c) “Autonomous District” means the autonomous districts under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India ; (</) “Basic Training Cen tre” means an Institu tion in which teachers are trained in Basic Education ; (e) “Block Development Officer” means the Execu tive Officer appointed by the Government to be in-charge of a Comm unity Development Block ; (_/) “ Ch ild” means a person of either sex, of such age, between six and fourteen years, or as the State Government may, from time to time, prescribe ; (g) “District Council” means a District Council constituted under sub-paragraph (I) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India ; (A) “E lem entary Education” means education upto such class or standard , not beyond the eighth class or standard, as may be prescribed ; (i) “Elementary School” means a school where elementary education is imparted ; (j ) “ Guardian” means the person to whom the duty of taking care of, bringing up or the custody of. the child has been entrusted by law or custom, or by any lawful authority, or who has in fact accepted or assumed such duty, or has actual custody of such child or where such guardian cannot be readily ascertained such person as the Local Authority shall decide ; IOS Qf/ “Local Authority ” means a Municipal Board as defined in the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, a Town Assam Act Committee as established under section 335 of 'the XV of said Act, and a Gaon Panchayat established under 19 57‘ the Assam Panchayat Act, 1959: Assam Ac t XX IV of Provided that the State Board shall be deemed 1959. as Local Authority for the areas not covered by Municipality, Town Committee, Gaon Panchayat and ' District Council ; (7) “Management” means and includes such powers and functions in respect of the Local Authorities arid of District Councils as have been laid down in this Ac t; (m) “Notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette ; (») “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made, tinder this Act ; (0) ’"Recognised School” means a school recog nised under this Act ; (/) “School Board” means a Regional Board for basic education constituted under section 76 of Assam Ac' the Assam Basic Education Act, 1954 • XXVI of