Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) ‘academic year’ means a period of twelve months prescribed as such, and different academic years may be prescribed for different classes of institutions; (b) ‘affiliation’ means inclusion of the name of an institution in the approved list of affiliated institutions with the Punjab School Education Board or any other such board or authority, approved and Short title and commencement. Definitions. authorized by the Central Government for admitting it to the privileges of the said board or authority; (c) ‘appropriate authority’ means, - (i) in the case of an unaided educational institution recognized or to be recognized by an authority, authorized by the State Government, that authority; and (ii) in the case of an unaided educational institution recognized or to be recognized by an authority, authorized by the Central Government, that authority; (d) ‘Regulatory Body’ means the Regulatory Body, constituted under section 3; (e) ‘complaint’ means an allegation made in writing to the Regulatory Body by a student studying in an Unaided Educational Institution or by his parents or guardians, as the case may be, containing a grievance of charging excessive fee or of doing or asking to do any other activity with a motive to gain financial benefit or profit by the Unaided Educational Institution; (f) ‘commercialization or profiteering or profit or financial gain’ means an activity of charging fee by an Un-aided Educational Institution from any student or parents or guardians in excess of the fee, as fixed or increased under section 5; 1[(ff) “conspicuous place” means and includes Notice Board and website of the Unaided Educational 1 Inserted by Punjab Act No.18 of 2019, Section 2 Institutions and website of the Department of School Education;] (g) ‘fee’ means any amount by whatever name it may be called, which is charged directly or indirectly by an Unaided Educational Institution for admission of a student for education to any standard of course of Study; (h) 'Fund' means the Unaided Educational Institution Development Fund constituted under section 9; (i) ‘Government’ means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of School Education; (j) ‘local authority’ means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee, Notified Area Committee, Town Improvement Trust, Panchayat Samiti or Gram Panchayat or any other authority entrusted with their functions under any law for the time being in force; (k) ‘minority institution’ means an educational institution established and administered by a minority whether based on religion or language having the right to do so under clause (1) of article 30 of the Constitution of India; (l) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the Government; (m) ‘section’ means section of this Act; and (n) ‘Unaided Educational Institution’ means an affiliated private school, established and administered by any person or body of persons, imparting education up to 10+2 level including a minority institution which does not receive any aid from the Government, but does not include, - (i) an aided school; and (ii) a school established and administered or maintained by the Central Government or State Government or any local authority. 1[3. (1) There shall be constituted a regulatory body to be known as the Regulatory Body for regulating fee of Unaided Educational Institutions at the District level in the State of Punjab to exercise the powers conferred upon and perform the functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The Regulatory Body shall consist of the following, namely: - (a) Deputy Commissioner of the Chairperson district concerned or an officer not below the rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner; (b) District Education Officer Member- (Secondary Education); Secretary (c) District Education Officer Member (Elementary Education); (d) two members, to be Nominated nominated by the Member Government from amongst the eminent educationists of the district concerned; and (e) the Chairperson of the Regulatory Body may associate any other officer of the Government, if so required. (3) The nominated members referred to in sub-section (2), shall be paid such remuneration and travelling allowance for 1 Substituted by Punjab Act No.18 of 2019, Section 3 Constitution of Regulatory Body. attending the meeting of the Regulatory Body, as may be prescribed.]