Acts and proceedings

No act or proceedings of the Board or of the Executive Council or of the Academic Council or any other authority or Committee of the Board, shall at any time, be deemed invalid on the ground only that it is not duly constituted or that there is a defect in its constitution or that there is a vacancy in the membership thereof, and the validity of such acts or proceedings shall not be questioned in any Court or before any authority or office merely on any such ground. 6) A candidate desiring to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination as a private candidate shall affix his or her recent photograph on the application form in the space provided for the purpose, duly signed by the Head of the school forwarding his application for admission to the Secondary School Certificate Examination. 7) Every applicant will have to state in writing that he is not undergoing rustication imposed by any Statutory Board of Examination or University in India or any other Examination authority at the time of submission of his application for enrolment or during the period of the examination. 8) Private candidates will not be eligible for the award of any of the prizes or scholarship at the S. S. C. Examination.

Eligibility of Ex-Students: 1) An ex-student is one who has satisfied all the requirements of the prescribed course of studies, including the prescribed minimum attendance (unless exempted by the Board), under Rule 17 and has been recognized by the Head of a Secondary School for admission to the Matriculate Examination or the Entrance Examination of the University of Bombay or School Certificate Examination of the Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate Examination Board or of the Poona Divisional Board and who has accordingly been admitted to the Examination and has not joined any Secondary school after such admission. An ex-student is exempted from the attendance prescribed in Rule 17. 2) An ex-student shall be entitled to receive a certificate with regard to his eligibility for admission to the Examination and to have his application for admission thereto forwarded by the Head of the Secondary school who recommended him for admission, whether or not be appeared at the examination in the year in which he was so recommended, provided that, the Head of the Secondary School Certificate that, to the best of his knowledge the candidate is a fit person as regards character, for admission to the examination. Where, in the opinion of the Head of the Secondary School, the character of any candidate is not good, such head shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board, after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive council, which shall, on merit of each case decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the examination or not, and the decision of the Executive Council shall be final. 3) An ex-student joining a Secondary School shall lose all the rights of an ex-student, except of the right of exemption or exemptions previously earned and shall be required to satisfy the Head of the Secondary School he has joined as regards character, but not attendance. Where, in the opinion of such Head, the character of any candidate is not good, he shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board, after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive Council which shall, on merits of each case, decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the examination or not and the decision to appear at the examination or not and the decision of that Executive Council shall be final. 4) The Head of the Secondary School may charge a fee of Rs. 2/- from every ex-student wishing to have his application forwarded for permission to appear at the examination under this Rule. A refund of 50% of an amount of enrolment fees paid along with the application for enrolment shall be given to the candidate if the enrolment is rejected on genuine grounds by the Board.