Jharkhand Academic Council Act, 2001

No: -- Dated: Mar, 04 2003

JHARKHAND ACADEMIC COUNCIL ACT, 2002

    An Act to establish an Academic Counsil in the State of Jharkhand.

    Whereas it is expedient to establish an Academic Council in the State of Jharkhand for holding and conducting examinations at the end of Intermediate education, Secondary education, Sanskrit education and madarsa education stage and for prescribing courses of studies for such examinations and for recommending for recognition of Intermediate Educational Institution, High Schools, Sanskrit Schools and Madarsa to the State Government and generally for craying out such other subjects or duties as may be considered necessary for purpose hereinafter appearing.

    It is hereby enacted in the Fifty Third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

CHAPTER-1

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This act may be called Jharkhand Academic Council Act, 2001

(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Jharkhand

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Defintions – In this act unless there is any thing repugnant in the subject or context,-

(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Council, when the Council in superseded or not constituted.

(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council.

(c) “Council” means the Jharkhand Academic Council, established under section-3.

(d) “Examination Fund” means the Jharkhand Academic Council Fund established under section-17;

(e) “High School” means a recognised school imparting instructins in Secondary Education.

(f) “Intermediate Educations” means education of (+2) standard imparted according to Intermediate syllabus and it induces (+2) or the post 10th standard or the pre degree (three years) standard education of two years duration.

(g) “Madarsa” means an institution where there is arrangement for the study of Arabic, Persian and Inslamic;

(h) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under section-26 and for regulations made by the Council under section-27;

(i) “Regulation” means a regulation made by the Council under section-27;

(j) “Rules” means a rule made by the State Government under section-26;

(k) “Sanskrit Vidyalay” means a recognised institution which imparts instructions in Sanskrit up to the Madhyama standard (of traditional or modern type)

(l) “Secretary” means the Secretary to the Council.

CHAPTER-2

JHARKHAND ACADEMIC COUNCIL

3. Establishment and incorporating of Council:- (1) There shall be established, by the State Government, a Council known by the name of the Jharkhand Academic Council, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by that name sue and be sued. It will be an autonomous body.

(2) The Council shall have power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable and subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under to transfer any property held by it and to contract and to do all other things necessary for the purpose of his Act.