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Pupils' associations to be registered.

Approval of pupils' associations, entry in register and power of Director to impose conditions.

Removal of pupils' associations from register.

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Education Regulations

[1986 Ed.

72. (1) No person shall-

(a) be a member of; or

(b) in any way promote or participate in the activities of; or

(c) in any way assist or encourage,

any pupils' association which is not entered on the register under regulation 73 or in respect of which any condition imposed under regulation 73 has been contravened.

(2) If any pupil of a school contravenes paragraph (1), the principal and every teacher of the school shall be guilty of an offence unless he satisfies the court-

(a) where the association is not entered on the register under regulation 73, that he did not know and had no reasonable means of knowing of the existence of the association or that as soon as he knew of its existence he reported that fact to the Director; or

(b) where the association has contravened any condition imposed under regulation 73, that he did not know and had no reasonable means of knowing that the association had contravened such condition or that as soon as he knew that the association had contravened such condition he reported that fact to the Director.

73. (1) If any pupils' association desires to be entered in the register, the supervisor and principal of the school concerned shall first apply to the Director for his approval of the association.

(2) Where, upon any such application, the Director approves the association, he shall enter the name of the association in the register on such conditions, if any, as he may think fit to impose.

74. (1) The Director may, in his discretion, remove the name of any pupils' association from the register, at any time.

(2) Where, under paragraph (1), he removes the name of any pupils' association from the register, the Director shall notify the supervisor and principal of the school concerned.

Constitution of school management committees.

PART XII

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND SUPERVISORS

75. (1) The Director may, by notice in writing to the supervisor, require the managers of any school to prepare, execute and submit to him for his approval a written constitution in accordance with which the school shall be managed, and within a time to be specified in such notice the supervisor shall comply therewith.