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Section 9. Penalty for failure to obey attendance order

THE ODISHA BASIC EDUCATION ACT, 1951

Act no. 18 of 19511951In forceOdisha (State Act)

9.Penalty for failure to obey attendance order:- (1) Any parent who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an order under section 8 shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punisheble with a fine which may on the first convion extend to two rupees and one subsequent conviction to ten rupees. (2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence under sub-section (1) except on the complaint of the school committee or on a complaint by a person authorised by the school committee.