Short title, extent, application and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Education Act, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (3) It applies to all educational institutions and tutorial institutions in the State except:- (a) the institutions financed by the Central Government and/or declared by Parliament by law to be institutions of National importance and (b) the colleges and institutions in so far as the matters pertinent to them are dealt with in the enactments relating to the establishment of Universities or the terms and conditions under which affiliation is given by such Universities in the State or outside the State. (4) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.