In any area of compulsion, the guardian of every child shall, if such guardian ordinarily resides in such area, cause such child to atter.d a Government or private school and once a child has been so caused to attend school under this Act the child shall be compelled to complete the full course of primary education or the child shall be compelled to attend sehool till it reaches the age of fourteen, Expla11alzo11:-A guardian of a child, sending the child to a minority school, shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section.
27. Exemptrouj1om atlwda!la -A child may be exempted for a specified period or periods form compulsory attendance at school under this Act-
(1) by the Government on religious grounds or on account of social cust9ms; and
(2) by the Local Education Committee-
(a) when it is re-::eiving otherwise than in a Government or private school, instruction in an educational institution approved by the Local Education Committee; or
(b) when it is otherwise receiviRg education which in the opinion of the Local Education Committee is efficient or has received from the Local Education Committee a certificate of having already completed its primary education; or
(c) wh~re it is impracticable or inexpedient that it should attend school on account of illness, disease, inJury, aftliction, infirmity or of any other cause regarded as sufficient by the Local Education Committee, subJect to such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf ; or c c c l ) 59
(d) where there is no Government or private school within a distance of one mile measured along the nearest road from the residence of the child which the fhild can attend.
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(l) When the Local Education Committee has reason to believe that a guardian of any child to whom this Act applies and who is bound under section 26 to cause such child to attend a Govern ment or private school has failed to do so or that any person other than the guardian is utilising the time or services of a child in connection with any employment, whether for remuReration or not, in such a manner as to interfere with the attendance of the child at a Government or private school, it shall warn him in writing that within on week of the receipt of the warning he shall cause the child to attend school or shall refrain from utilising the services of the child as aforssaid.
(2) When a Local Education Committee is satisfied that a guardian has failed to cause his child to attend school or that any person is interfering with such attendance of a child eveA after the warning mentioned in subsection (1 ), the Local Educa tion Committee or any member authorised by the Committee shall lodge a complaint against such guardian or other persQn with the' Magistrate having local jurisdiction.
(3) If the Magistrate is satisfied that the complaint is well-founded, he shall pass an order directing the guardian or other person to cause the chilci concerned to attend school regu larly or to refrain from interfering with the attendance of the child, as the case may be, after a specified date. If the guardian or other person fails to comply with such order, he shall, on con viction, be liable to- fine not exceeding five rupees for the first offence and twenty rupees for every swbsequent oftence.