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The Manipur Prevention of Malpractices in High School Leaving Certificate and Higher Secondary Examinations Act, 2024

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The Manipur Prevention of Malpractices in High School Leaving Certificate and Higher Secondary Examinations Act, 2024, is a legislative measure designed to ensure the integrity and fairness of board examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) and the Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM). The Act strictly regulates conduct within and around examination centers, prohibiting activities like paper leaks, impersonation, answer script tampering, and loitering. It imposes severe criminal penalties on students, staff, and the public for engaging in exam-related fraud. For citizens, this law serves as a safeguard, ensuring that academic evaluations remain merit-based and credible.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Examination system.
  4. 4. Duties of certain persons entrusted with the examination work.
  5. 5. Prohibition of copying at examination, etc.
  6. 6. Prohibition of impersonating at examinations.
  7. 7. Prohibition of loitering near examination centres, etc.
  8. 8. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply in respect of bonafide activities of any such person.
  9. 9. Duty of employees of educational institutions to do examination work.
  10. 10. Punishment for impersonating at examinations.
  11. 11. Punishment for loitering, etc., near an examination centre.
  12. 12. Punishment for alteration of answers written at an examination.
  13. 13. Punishment for affecting the body or property of any persons entrusted to work related to examination.
  14. 14. Prohibition of other malpractices at examinations, etc.
  15. 15. Punishment for contravention of section 9.
  16. 16. Punishments not otherwise provided for.
  17. 17. Punishment for abetment of offences.
  18. 18. Trial in case of juvenile.
  19. 19. Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.
  20. 20. Offences to be tried summarily.
  21. 21. Power to make rules.
  22. 22. Power to remove difficulties.

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