An Ordinance to provide for the registration of private schools in Bangladesh.1 WHEREAS, in order to supervise and regulate the working of private schools in Bangladesh, it is expedient to provide for registration of such schools; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:-
(1) This Ordinance may be called the 2 * Registration of Private Schools Ordinance, 1962.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date or dates and in such area or areas as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and specify.
In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
3(a) “Appellate Authority” means-No private school shall be established or run except in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(1) Any person intending to establish a private school and any person intending that a private school already in existence should be continued as such, shall make an application to the Registering Authority in the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed registration fee.
(2) The Registering Authority, on receipt of the application, shall make such enquiries as he considers necessary in order to satisfy himself-
(4) [Omitted by section 3 of the Registration of Private Schools (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. III of 2001).]
(5) The person or persons to whom a certificate is granted shall be responsible for due compliance of the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder and the terms and conditions, if any, on which the certificate is granted.
(1) A private school, not already in existence, shall be established only after a certificate has been granted under sub section (3) of section 4:
Provided that such school may be established and run after an application for registration under sub-section (1) of section 4 has been made till the disposal of such application, but shall be closed down immediately if the certificate under sub section (3) of that section is refused.
(2) A private school already in existence in respect of which an application under sub section (1) of section 4 has been made within sixty days of the coming into force of this Ordinance may continue pending the disposal of the application, but shall close down immediately if the certificate under sub section (3) of that section is refused.
(3) A private school, already in existence, in respect of which no application under sub section (1) of section 4 has been made within a period of sixty days next after the coming into force of this Ordinance, shall not continue after the expiry of that period.
A certificate issued under sub section (3) of section 4 may be suspended or cancelled by the Registering Authority if there is a contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder or any of the terms and conditions imposed under sub section (3) of section 4.
If the Registering Authority refuses to grant a certificate under sub section (3) of section 4, or suspends or cancels under section 6, a certificate so granted, the applicant or the holder of the certificate may, within thirty days from the date of order of the Registering Authority, prefer an appeal to the Appellate Authority, and the Order passed by the Appellate Authority shall be final and given effect to by the Registering Authority.
The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Ordinance.
Whoever wilfully contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder or the conditions imposed under sub section (3) of section 4 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or fine which may extend to 15ten thousand 16taka, or with both.
No Court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Ordinance except upon complaint in writing made by an Officer authorised by the Government in this behalf.
(1) The Government, if it thinks fit, may by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any class of private schools from the operation of this Ordinance.
(2) The Government, if it thinks fit may, on application, exempt any private school from the operation of this Ordinance.