Section 29, The Education Short title

(1) Every school shall be registered by the proprietorthereof at the office of the department, in the case of a school opened before the commencement of this Ordinance and in being on the date of such commencement within six months from such date, and in the case of a school opened after the commencement of this Ordinance within six months from the date on which written authority to open such school shall have been obtained in accordance with the provisions of section 28. (2) The registration of schools and applications therefor shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Director by regulations made under section 50. (3) If upon receipt of an application for registration of a school the Director is of the opinion that any of the conditions mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 28 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 containing full particulars of the grounds of such refusal : Refusal of permission to open new sP-hoola. Registration of Duties of managers of private Provided that where written authority to open a primary school has been given by a Local Education Authority, the Director shall not refuse to register such primary school without prior consultation with such Local Education Authority. (4) If, in the opinion of the Director the matters by reason of which registration is refused are irremediable, it shall be so stated in the notice, and if in his opinion they are remediable, the notice shall specify the measures necessary, in his opinion, to remedy the same and shall specify the time within which such matters are required to be remedied. (5) The proprietor or manager, as the case may be, may appeal to the Board within thirty days from the service of the notice. The Board shall not determine the appeal but shall make recommendations thereon to the Minister. (6) On receipt of the recommendations of the Board under sub-section (5) of this section the Minister, after making such enquiries as he shall think fit, may- (a) direct that the notice be annulled ; (b) direct the proprietor or manager, as the case may be, without closing the school to comply with the requirements of the notice within the time specified therein or within such extended time as the Minister rna y, in his discretion allow, and further direct that, if the requirements of the notice are not complied with to the satisfaction of the Director within the time specified or allowed, the school be closed ; (c) direct that the school be closed for such period, to be specified in the order, as he deems necessary to enable the requirements of the notice to be complied with to the satisfaction of the Director ; or (d) direct that the school be closed forthwith or within such time as may be specified in such directions.