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under section 335 of the said Act, an Ancha- lik Panchayat and a Gaon Panchayat estab lished under the Assam Panchayat Act 1959: __ c <3» 3 Provided that the Regional Board shall be deemed as local authority in respect * of schools which are not maintained and managed by the Municipal Board, Town Committee, Anchalik Panchayat and Gaon <■> ~ Panchayat; (/) “management” means and includes such powers and functions in respect of the local authorities and of District Councils as have been laid down in this Act ; (di) “notification” means a notification publish ed in the official Gazette ; (n) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this A ct; (o) “recognised school” means a school recog nised under this Act ; (p) “State Board” means the State Board for Elementary Education constituted undet section 3 ; (5) “ Existing teachers” mean the teachers Assam Act appointed or deemed to have been appoint- XXX el ed under the Assam Elementary Education l 9 G2. Act, 1962 and the teachers appointed by the Government and taken over by the State Board under section 35 (2). CHAPTER II State Board— its constitution, powers and functions State Board. 3.(1) The State Government shall constitute a State Board for Elementary Education for manage ment, improvement and expansion of Elementary Education in the State and to advise the Government on matters relating to Elementary Education. (2) The State Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, an d shall sue and be sued by the name of the State Board for Elementary Education. It shall be competent to acquire and to hold movable and immovable property, to transfer any such property so held by it, and to do all other acts neces sary for carrying out its duties and functions under this Act and the rules made thereunder. 4 Constitution