State Act

The West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Act, 1963 (5 of 1963), s.46; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

36. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall have power to direct, supervise, develop and control Secondary Education and to do all such acts as it may consider necessary for the purposes of such direction, supervision, development and control. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Board may— (a) prescribe by regulations the procedure to be followed by the Executive Council in granting, withholding and withdrawing recognition to and from High Schools and the conditions to be fulfilled by High Schools for such recognition; (b) prescribe by regulations the conditions which shall govern the admission of students to, and the transfer of students to and from, High Schools; (c) supervise the administration of High Schools by means of inspection and the issue of directions; (d) make regulations for the institution, holding and controlling of such examinations as it thinks fit including any examination qualifying for admission to a course instituted by the University of Calcutta; (e) prescribe by regulations the fees payable by candidates for any examination controlled by it; (f) prescribe by regulations the conditions to be fulfilled by High Schools applying for or in receipt of grants-in-aid and the procedure for distributing such grants; (g) prescribe by regulations the conditions to be fulfilled by High Schools for recognition by the Executive Council for the purpose of presenting candidates for examinations including any examination qualifying for admission to a course instituted by the University of Calcutta; (h) prescribe by regulations the conditions to be fulfilled by candidates presenting themselves for examinations, including the Matriculation Examination of the University of Calcutta; (i) institute and administer such Provident Funds as may be prescribed by regulations; (j) administer the Secondary Education Fund; (k) delegate any of its powers to the Executive Council or, subject to the provisions of this Act, to any Committee constituted under this Act; (l) prescribe by regulations the procedure for the election of members of the Executive Council and of any Committee constituted under this Act, required by this Act to be prescribed by regulations; (m) prescribe by by-laws the procedure to be followed at meetings of the Board, the Executive Council and any Committee constituted under this Act; (n) prescribe by regulations the conditions on which the President may exercise his powers of delegation under section 16; (o) prescribe by regulations the term for which an elected, appointed or co-opted member of a Committee constituted under this Act, who is not a member of the Board, shall hold office under sub-section (2) of section 32; (p) decide any appeal preferred against any decision of the Executive Council or Committee; and (q) make regulations in respect of any other matter required to be prescribed by regulations. (3) Subject to any rules made by the State Government under section 62, the Board may— (a) make regulations for the proper exercise of the powers conferred on it by this section and to provide for any of the matters in respect of which provision is required by this Act to be made by regulations; and (b) make by-laws for the proper exercise of the powers conferred on it by this section and to provide for any of the matters in respect of which provision is required by this Act to be made by the Board by by-laws : Provided that no regulation or by-law shall be made by the Board except on a recommendation from the Executive Council. (4) No regulation shall have any validity unless and until it is sanctioned by the State Government and before sanctioning any such regulation the State Government may make such modifications as it thinks fit after consultation with the Board. (5) All regulations made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.