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Section 32, The Education Short title

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(1) Any person who shall establish or open a new schoolwithout the prior written authority of the Director or of the Local Education Authority for the area in which such school is situate, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction therefor to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and "to a further fine not exceeding one pound for each and every day during which such school is kept open. (2) Any proprietor or manager who shall- (a,) where he has been served with a notice issued by the Director or a Local Education Authority under sub-section (I) of section 31 and has not appealed against such notice, keep open a school in respect of which he has been served with such notice, the requirements of such notice not having been complied with to the satisfaction of the Director or the Local Education Authority, as the case may be, or (b) keep open a school in respect of which the Minister in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sub-section ( 6) of section 29 or sub-section (3) of section 31 has given a direction that it be closed, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction therefor to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds and to a further fine not exceeding five pounds for each and every day during which such school is kept open, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and to a further fine of ten pounds for each and every day during which such school is kept open. Education [Cap. 105 1141 PART VII.-TEACHERS.

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