In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education established under the Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975 (Act 13 of 1975);
(b) “Competent Officer” in the case of employees of the University or any College or recognised institution or any school imparting Higher Secondary Education or any other persons employed for the purposes of any examinations, means the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Registrar of the University, the Director of Education, any Joint Director of Education and, in the case of employees of any of the colleges or recognised institutions or schools imparting Higher Secondary Education or other educational institutions, includes the Principal or Head of the Institution by whatever name called;
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(c) “educational institution” means any academic institution imparting Secondary or Higher Secondary Education, or any constituent or affiliated College or any College affiliated to the University, any Higher Secondary Section conducted by any such College or any Industrial Training Institutes and shall include such other institution as may be specified in this behalf, from time to time, by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(d) “examination” means any examination held or proposed to be held by the Board or the University and includes such other examination held or proposed to be held by such other authority as may be specified in this behalf, from time to time by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(e) “Government” means the Government of Goa;
(f) “Official Gazette” means the Official Gazette of the Government;
(g) “refusal to work” in relation to any person to whom any work in connection with any examination has been assigned under this Act, means —
(i) his failure to attend to such work; or
(ii) absence from the place of work on a working day and during working hours, without obtaining prior permission of the authority competent to grant such permission; or
(iii) his refusal to accept or to do the work; or
(iv) any other conduct on his part, which results in or is likely to result in cessation or substantial retardation of the work, and the expression “to refuse to do the work”, with all their grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(h) “University” means any University established by law in the State of Goa.