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(1) This Act may be called the Manipur Private School Shorttitlc, (Registration and Regulation)Act, 2017. , extent and commencement. (2) It shallfextend tothe whole of‘ the State of Manipur. (3) . It shall come intotforce on such date as the. Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- . (a) 0)) (C) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (i) “Appellate Authority” means an officer appointed or designated by the State Government by notification; “Board” means the Board of Secendary Education,Manipur established under the Manipur Elementary. and Secondary Education Act, 1972 as amended from time to time; * “children’ means boys and girls above the age of six and ' below theage of eighteen years receiving instructions at any stage of education; “Council” means the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur established under the Manipur Higher Secondary Education, Act, 1992 as amended from time to time; “educational agency” means any person or body ofpersons. or a society or a trust or a private company which has established and is administering and proposes to establish and administer a private school, tutorial home or coaching institute; “elementary education” means education pertaining to Classes-I to VIII and includes all courses of study in the primary and upper primary schools; “higher secondary education” means education pertaining to class XI and XII; “loeal authority” means a Zilla Parishad, Autonomous District Councils, Municipal Corporation Municipal Council established under an.Act. “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under thisAct; “private school” means any institution imparting nursery, elementary; secondary and. higher, . secondary education established or maintained and administered by any person or body of persons but does not include a school- (i) estabhshed and administered or maintained by the “' Central Government or the State vaemment or any local authority or any other authority designated orsponsoredby theCentral; Government or the State Government; and - Manipur Act No. 7 of 1972. Manipur Act No. 4 of 1992. 3 (ii) providing .01. imparting only religious instruction, but not any other instruCtiOn; i 41:) “Registering pAuthority” means an Officer or authority appointed or authorized by the State Government by notification, tgperform the functions and discharge the duties ofthe registering authority under all or any. of the provisons of this Act for area V or for such purpOses or as may be specified. in the notification; by rules to exercise all or any of the powersof the Registering Authority under this Act; 11) “rules” means the rules made under this'Act; and (m) “secondary education” means education pertaining to Class—IX and Xuand includes courses of study equivalent thereof.