Addition of new

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in Council or, in special circumstances, during such further time as the Director may specify, and any school continuing to operate and any manager or teacher continuing to act or teach, pursuant to any such permission and in accordance with any such con- ditions imposed on the giving thereof, shall, during the continuance in operation of such permission, be deemed to be lawfully continuing to operate, act or teach, as the case may be.

(2) Any person who receives notice under sub- section (1) of section at of a decision of the Director under subsection (1) of section 13, subsection (1) of section 20, section 24 or subsection (1) of section 28 shall forthwith deliver to the Director any certificate of registration or any permit issued to him under the provisions of this Ordinance, whether or not notice of appeal under subsection (2) of section 31 has been given.".

30. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after Part VI of the following new Part-

Additional

powers of

Director to

refuse to register and to cancel registra- tion of teacher: to refuse to jasuc and to cancel permit under section 26: and proce- dure and appeals.

"PART VIA.

ADDITIONAL POWERS OF Director IN RELATION

TO TEACHERS.

32A. (1) The Director may-

(a) refuse to register a person as a teacher;

(b) cancel, at any time, the registration of any

person as a teacher;

(c) refuse to issue a permit under Section 26 to employ as a teacher a person who is not registered as a teacher; or

(d) cancel, at any time, any such permit, where he is satisfied that the environment in which that person received his education or any part thereof has been such as to make him unsuitable as a teacher in the Colony.

(2) Where, under paragraph (a) or (b) of sul- section (1), the Director refuses to register a person as a teacher or cancels the registration of any person as a teacher, he shall serve notice in writing of his decision upon such person.

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(3) Where, under paragraph (c) or (d) of sub- section (1), the Director refuses to issue a permit under section 26 to employ as a teacher a person who is not registered as a teacher or cancels any such permit, he shall serve notice in writing of his decision upon the person making application to employ such person or the supervisor of the school in which such person is employed, as the case may be.

(4) Any person upon whom a notice is served in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or (3) may, within twenty-one days of such service, appeal, by way of petition, to the Governor in Council.

(5) Upon any such appeal, the Governor in Council may confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the Director.

(6) Where under subsection (1) the Director either cancels the registration of a person as a teacher or cancels a permit under section 26 to employ a person who is not registered as a teacher, the Director may, by notice in writing to the teacher or to the supervisor of the school in which the permitted teacher was employed at the date of cancellation, as the case may be, permit the teacher or permitted teacher to continue to teach in accordance with such conditions, if any, as he may see fit to impose, during the time limited for appeal or during an appeal in respect of such cancellation to the Governor in Council.".

31. Subsection (3) of section 33 of the principal Ordinance is Amendment amended by the insertion after the word "procedure" of the of section following-

"and may make standing orders for that purpose".

28.

32. Section 34 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeat and replaced by the following-

replacement of section

"Procedure of Appeals Board.

34. (1) A person wishing to appeal under sub- 34. section (2) of section 31 (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) shall within the period prescribed by that subsection deliver to the secretary of the Appeals Board a statement in English (in duplicate) giving notice of his appeal and stating the grounds thereof. The secretary shall forthwith notify the Director of such

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