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Regulations.

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PART IX.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

84. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations providing for

(a) the structure, hygiene and sanitation of school premises; (b) the precautions to be taken against fire or other peril likely to endanger the lives or health of pupils, and the authorizing of officers of the Fire Services Department to enter and inspect school premises and premises in which schools are situate and premises in the neighbour- hood of schools;

(c) the control of entrances to and exits from school

premises;

(d) the operation of schools in premises which, by reason of the loading for which they were designed and con- structed, are unsuitable for the purposes of a school: (e) the health inspection of schools and school premises and standards of hygiene to be maintained by schools; (f) the medical examination of teachers and pupils and

standards of medical fitness for teachers;

(g) the temporary exclusion from any school of any teacher or pupil, and any other measures necessary or desirable to preserve; the health and well-being of teachers and pupils:

(h) the size of school classes;

( the control of instruction given by schools, including limitations on the subjects taught and the documents which may be upon school premises and which may be used by schools, and the preparation and contents of the syllabus to be used by any school or schools;

(j) the methods and hours of instruction provided by

schools:

(k) the adequacy, suitability and use of school equipment.

school laboratories and school workshops;

( the control of activities of managers, teachers, pupils and

other persons in schools, and of pupils' associations; (m) the prohibition of political, subversive or tendentious activities or propaganda in schools and amongst teachers and pupils;

(n) the control of the use to which school premises may be put and of the persons who may enter school premises;

(0) school holidays;

(p) the constitution and duties of management committees:

(g) the keeping of school registers, time-tables and books

of account:

() the amount and methods of payment of fees and other charges made by schools and the prohibition of any further fees and charges and of any specified fees or charges;

(5) the amounts of inclusive fees which may be charged by schools and the notification of such fees in the Gazetre and the prohibition or restriction of variations from such fees;

() general matters of school management;

(u) the duties of supervisors and principals;

(v) the giving by supervisors to the Director of such informa- tion concerning schools and pupils therein as may be required by the Director:

(w) the qualifications of registered teachers and permitted teachers, and the qualifications to be held by teachers of various classes and subjects;

(c) the control of salaries paid to teachers;

(y) discipline in schools and methods of enforcement of dis- cipline, and the conduct and dress of teachers and pupils:

(2) anything which is to be prescribed under this Ordinance:

and

(a) the better carrying into effect of the provisions of this Ordinance in relation to any matter as to which it may be convenient to make regulations.

(2)

Any regulation made under this section may-

(a)

prohibit the performance of specified acts without the consent of the Director;

(b) authorize the Director to require or prohibit the per-

formance of specified acts; and

(c) require specified acts to be performed to the satisfaction

of the Director.

(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence punishable on conviction by a fiue not exceeding five thousand dollars and a term of impri- sonment not exceeding two years.