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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or Definitions. context,— (i) "attendance" at a school means presence for instruction at a primary school for so many days in a school year and at such time or times on each day of attendance as may be required by the prescribed educational authority; (ii) "Board" means the West Bengal Board of Primary Education established under this Act; 377 The West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973. [West Ben. Act (Part I.—Chapter 1.—Preliminary.—Section 2.) (iii) "Calcutta" means Calcutta as defined in the Calcutta West Ben. Municipal Act, 1951; Act XXXII' of 1951. (iv) "Chairman" means the Chairman of a Primary School Council; (v) "child" means ahoy or girl who has completed six but not eleven years of age at the beginning of a school year: Provided that a boy or girl who completes six years of age within ninety days from the beginning of a school year shall . be deemed to be a child; (vi) "Director" means the Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal; (vii) "District Inspector of Schools (Primary Education)", "District Officer for Physical Education and Youth Welfare", "District Social Education Officer" and "District Special Officer for Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare" mean the respective officers designated as such by the State Government; (viii) "Distritt School Board" means a District School Board established under the Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, Ben. Act VII 1930; of 1930. (ix) "guardian" means any person to whom the care, nurture or custody of any child falls by law or by natural right or recognised usage, or who has accepted or assumed the care, nurture or custody of any child or to whom the care or custody of any child has been entrusted by any lawful authority; (x) "hill area" means the area included within the district of Darjeeling excluding the Siliguri Sub-division; (xi) "Junior Basic Training Institution" includes a Primary Training School and a Senior Teachers' Training School for women recognised by the Director; (xii) "linguistic minority community" means a community whose mother tongue is any language other than Bengali; (x iii) "municipality" means any place in.. which the Bengal Ben. Act XV Municipal Act, 1932 or the Chandemagore Municipal Act, of 1932. West Ben. 1955 or the Howrah Municipal Act, 1965 is in force and Act XVIII includes an area constituted by the State Government as a of 1955. West Ben. notified area under section 93A of the Bengal Municipal Act, Act XVII 1932; of 1965. (xiv) "non-specified.municipality" means a municipality other than a specified municipality; (xv) "notification" means a.notification published in the Official Gazette; 378 The West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973. XLIII of 1973.] (Part II—Chapter II.—The Board.—Sections 3, 4.) (xvi) "President" means the President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education; (xvii) "primary education" means education in such subjects and up to such standard as may be prescribed; (xviii) "primary school" means a school or a department of a school giving instruction in primary education recognised or deemed to be recognised as a primary school under this Act; (xix) "Primary School Council" means a Primary School Council established under this Act; (xx) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act; (xxi) "school year" means the year beginning with such date as the Board may, with the previous approval of the State Government, fix; (xxii) "specified municipality" means a municipality or a group of two or more municipalities specified by the State Government by notification for the purposes of this Act; (xxiii) "Vice-Chairman" means the Vice-Chairman of the Primary School Council; (xxiv) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education; (xxv) "year" means a year beginning on the first day of April. PART H CHAPTER II The Board