Chapter XXIV REGISTRATION OF TUTORIAL INSTIUTIONS

(a)‘recognised school’ means a private unaided school recognised by the Government under the Kerala Education Act 1958 (6 of 1959) or the rules framed thereunder. (b)‘tutorial institution’ means an unrecognised institution having not less than ten students, (by whatever name called) established or run by a person or more than one person jointly for imparting education or instruction or training to any person in any subject, with a view to help him to prepare or to appear for an examination in any branch of education conducted or recognised by the Government or the Universities in the State or by other State Governments or Universities or by the Central Government or under any law for the time being in force but does not include a recognised school or a college affiliated to any university in the State.

(1) On or after the commencement of this Act, no tutorial institution shall be established within a village panchayat area without prior registration obtained from that village panchayat and an application for such registration shall be made to the village panchayat concerned in the prescribed manner along with such fee as prescribed: Provided that a tutorial Institution existing in a village panchayat area at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act if the person conducting it makes an application for ‘registration to the village panchayat within the date fixed by the Government for the purpose. (2)Such registration shall be renewed annually and the application shall be made to the

Penalty for maintaining or running unregistered tutorial institution. - Any person who maintains or runs a tutorial institution in contravention of the provisions of this Act or who establishes and maintains a tutorial institution without obtaining the registration certificate under this Act or who after cancellation of the registration certificate issued to him continues to run such an institution shall on conviction be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees 204 205 [and further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day during which the offence continued.]

206[****** Substituted by Act 13 of 1999. Added by Act 13 of 1999. Omitted by Act 7 of 1995.

Definitions. Registration of Tutorial Institutions. Penalty for maintaining or running unregistered tutorial institution. [x x x x] Omitted