Section 42, The Education Short title

(1) The fees payable in any Government school (hereinafter called the prescribed fees) shall be such, and shall bepayable in respect of such matters, as may be prescribed by rules made under section 49 : Provided that the Governor in Council may, at any time and for such period as he shall think fit, direct that the prescribed fees shall be remitted or reduced in any Government school or class of Government schools. (2) The prescribed fees shall, at the discretion of the Director, be paid by the month or by the term in advance to the head-teacher or to such other person as the Director may specify, and any child in respect of whom any of the prescribed fees are due and owing may be refused admission or re-admission, as the case may be, to any Government school or," if he has been re-admitted, may be excluded from such school until all the prescribed fees due up to the date of such exclusion has been paid: Provided that such exclusion shall not take place except after consultation with the School Committee, or if there is no School Committee, with the Director or an officer of the department authorised by him in that behalf. (3) The Director may remit the whole or any part of the prescribed fees if he is satisfied that the parent of any child in respect of whom such fees are due or payable is unable to pay such fees or is unable to pay such fees in full.