Delhi Primary Education Act, 1960
Bare Act · 1960
An Act to provide for free and compulsory Primary education for children in the Union territory of Delhi.
- Act number
- 39 of 1960
- Enacted
- 20 September 1960
- Contents
- 26 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Schemes for primary education
- Section 4 – Primary education to be compulsory in areas covered by schemes
- Section 5 – Grants-in-aid
- Section 6 – Duty of local authority to prepare lists of children (preview)
- Section 7 – Attendance authorities (preview)
- Section 8 – Attendance authority to notify parent of his obligation towards his child (preview)
- Section 9 – Responsibility of parent to cause his child to attend school (preview)
- Section 10 – Reasonable excuse for non-attendance (preview)
- Section 11 – Special schools for physically or mentally deficient children (preview)
- Section 12 – Special provision for part-time education in certain cases (preview)
- Section 13 – Attendance orders (preview)
- Section 14 – Children not to be employed so as to prevent them from attending school (preview)
- Section 15 – Primary education to be free (preview)
- Section 16 – Age of child how to be computed (preview)
- Section 17 – Failure of local authority to prepare or implement scheme (preview)
- Section 18 – Penalty for contravention of section 13 (preview)
- Section 19 – Penalty for contravention of section 14 (preview)
- Section 20 – Courts competent to try offences (preview)
- Section 21 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 22 – Certain persons to be public servants (preview)
- Section 23 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 24 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 25 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 26 – Repeal of Punjab Primary Education Act (preview)