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(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. In the principal Act, in section 2. for the existing provisions, the following shall be substituted, namely :- "Definitions 2. (i) "Bigha" means standard measurement of land meaning Assam Bighameasurement 1338 square meter or 13.38 Are of land; (ii) "Director" means the Dire:::tor of Secondary Education, Assam, in respect of Secondary and Higher Secondary level of education and Director of Elementary Education, Assam in respect of Primary and Middle level of Ed lcation; (iii) "employees" means the teaching and non-teaching staff of non-government educational institutions; (iv) "existing non-government educational institutions" means the non-government educational institutions as defined under clause (xiv) which are in existence on the date of commencement of this Act: Provided that the non-government educational institutions established by the people of th·~ locality prior to 01.01.2006 which have received permission and recognition from the competent authority on or before 01.01.2006 shall be excluded from the purview of this clause; (v)"Executive Engineer PWD, Building Division" means the Executive Engineer of PWD, Building Department under whose jurisdiction a particular school is situated; Assam Act No. IV of '.2007 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 20, 2018 (vi) "fee" means all fees including tmtion fee, development charges of any nature, capitation fee etc; (vii) "Guwahati Metropolitan D::velopment Authority (GMDA)" means the Guwahati , Metropolitan Development Authority as established under the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 1985; (viii) "Guwahati Municipal Corporation" means the Guwahati Municipal Corporation established under the Gauhati Municipal Corporation Act, 1971; (ix) ''Higher Secondary level of education" means education imparted from class XI to XII; (x)"institution" means non-government educational institutions as defined in clause (xiv) of this section; (xi)"Managing Committee" means committee constituted under section 12 to perform the duties and functions entrusted to it under the provisions of this Act, which term shall also include the Governing Bodies of the Senior Secondary Schools; (xii) "Middle level of education·· means education imparted from class VI to VIll; (xiiirMunicipal Town area" and ''Town Committee area" means areas declared as Municipal Town and Town Committee area under the provisions of the Ass;:m Municipal Act, 1956; (xiv)"National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions" means the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions as constituted by the Central Government; (xv) "non-government educational institutions" means schools established and run by an individual or association of individuals or any Non-Government Organizc.tion or Society or Trust. except the schools established and maintc:ined by minorities under clause ( l) of Article 30 of the Constitution of India and imparting education at Primary, Middle, Secondary and Higher Secondary Level without receiving any grants-in-aid from the State Government excluding the educational institutions run or aided by the Central Government or th1~ State Government The word "institution" wherever it occurs in the Act shall be construed accordingly; (xvi) "permission" means permiss.on accorded by the Director as required under section 4 of the Act; (xvii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 2435 Assam Act No. XX of 1987 Assam Act No. I of 1973 Assam Act No. XY of 1957 2436 Amendment of section 4 Amendment of section 6 Amendment of section 10 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 20, 2018