(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Prohibition of Short title, extent and commencement.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions.
(1) "educational institution" means any educational institution, by whatever name called, whether or not maintained and managed by the State Government,—
(a) recognised or deemed to have been recognised under any law for the time being in force, or 3 of 1956. (b) affiliated to a University as defined in the Univers ty Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(2) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(3) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
123 The West Bengal Prohibition of Ragging in Educational Institutions Act, 2000.
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(4) "ragging" means the doing of any act which causes, or is likely to cause, any physical, psychological or physiological harm or apprehension or shame or embarrassment to a student, and includes—
(a) teasing or abusing of, playing practical joke on, or causing hurt to, any student, or
(b) asking any student to do any act, or perform any thing, which he would not, in the ordinary course, be willing to do or perform;
(5) "student" means a student who has been prosecuting his studies in an educational. institution.
Prohibition of ragging.
Penalty for ragging.
Dismissal of student on conviction and bar to admission or readmission.
Expulsion of student.