The Education (Amendment) Act, 1966

ANNeHNi 0in Her Majcsty's lte his 0h day of LS No. 23 Sierra Leone H. J. L. BOSTON. GovernOr-General. The Education (Amendment) Act, 1966 A 93 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title. Date of [18th August, 1966.] commencement. 1, Paragraph (b) of section 13 of the Education Act, 1964, Repeal and (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) is hereby repealed replacementof para. and replaced by the following new paragraph (b) of section 13 of Act No 63 A 94 18 of Act Replacementof subsection (1)of section repealed No. 63 of 1964. Amend ment of sec tion 19 of Act No. 63 Amend ment of sec tion 22 of Act No. 63 Amend No. 23 ment of sec-tion 38 of Act No. 63 Lducation (Amendment) (b) control, subject to the approval of the Minister and in accordance with rules made under section 38. the establishment of new primary schools and the exten sion of existing primary schools, within such area:

Subsection (1) of section 18 of the principal Act is herebyand replaced by the following new subsection (1) From the date of commencement of this Act no person shall establish or open any new school or extend an existing school without the prior written authority of the Minister, or, in the case of a primary school, of the Local Authority for the area or district in which such primary school is situate: Provided that a Local Authority shall not grant a written authority under this section without the prior approval of the Minister.".

Subsection (3) of section 19 is hereby repealed andreplaced by the following new subsection (3) If upon receipt of an application for registra tion of a school the Minister is of the opinion that any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (3 of section 18 applies to such school, he may refuse to register such school, and, if he so refuses, shall serve upon the proprietor or manager a notice containingfull particulars of the grounds of such refusal.". Subsection (1) of section 22 of the principal Act ishereby amended by the insertion immediately after the wordschool " in the second line thereof of the wordsexisting school ". or extend an

Paragraph (9) of subsection (1) of section 38 is herebyamended by the insertion immediately after the word schoolsin the third line thereof of the words and the extension ofexisting primary schoolsNo. 23 Education (Amendment) 1966 M.P, SF, 40 A 95 Passed in the House of Representatives this 14th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the HOuse of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. Clerk of the House of Representatives S. V. WRIGHT,