(1) Where a notification has been issued under section 3, the board shall appoint one or more committees for the purpose of exercising the powers and performing the duties of the school committee under this Act.
(2) It shall be the duty of such school committee, subject to the provisions of this Act, to enforce the provisions of this Act respecting the attendance of children at school and the employment of children.
Duty of parents to cause children to attend school
7. Where a notification under section 3 is in force in any area, the parent of every child to whom the notification applies shall, if such child ordinarily resides in such area, in the absence of a reasonable excuse as hereinafter defined, cause such child to attend a recognized primary school.
Meaning of reasonable excuse
8. Any of the following circumstances shall be deemed to be reasonable excuse within the meaning of section 7.
(1) that there is no accommodation in a recognized primary school within a distance to be fixed by the school committee and measured according to the nearest route from the residence of the child ;
(2) that the child has been exempted by the school committee on religious grounds;
(3) that the child is receiving otherwise than in a recognized primary school, primary education in a-satisfactory manner;
(4) that the child is certified by such authority as may be appointed in this behalf by the board to have completed the primary course;
(5) that child has been granted temporary leave of absence from school, in accordance with regulations, made under this Act by the board ;
(6) that the child is certified by a medical officer approved for this purpose by the board to be unfit to attend school by reason of some bodily defect or infirmity;
(7) that the child has, with the consent of the prescribed authority, been exempted by the school committee for special reasons recorded by it in writing.
1. Subs, by the A. O. 1950 for (Provincial Government) which had been subs. by the A. 0: 1937 for (L. G.).
42 [The United Provinces District Boards Primary Education Act, 1926] [Section 9-14] Issue of attendance order by the school committee
9. When the school committee is satisfied that a parent who is bound under the provisions of section 7 to cause a child to attend a recognized primary school, has failed to do so, the school committee after-giving the parent an opportunity of being heard, and after such inquiry as it considers necessary, may pass an order directing the parent to cause such child to attend a recognized primary school from a date which shall be specified in the order.
Penalty for failure to obey attendance order