Definitions

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires :- (a) “Board” means the Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board established under section 3; (b) “Centre” means an institution or a place fixed by the Board for the purpose of holding its examinations and includes the entire muslim educational premises attached thereto; (c) “Director” means the Director, Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board, as well as (ex- officio) Registrar Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board, Uttarakhand; (d) “head of institution,” in relation to an institution means the Principal or the Head Master, as the case may be, of that institution; (e) “Inspector” means the inspector, Arbi-Farsi Madarsa Board, Uttarakhand and includes an officer authorized by the State Government to perform all or any of the functions of the inspector under this Act; (f) “institution” means a Madarsa or an Oriental College established and administered by Muslim-Minorities and recognized by the Board for imparting Madarsa Education; (g) “Legislator” means any member of the State Legislative assembly; (h) “Madarsa-Education” means education in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Islamic-studies, Tibb, logic, Philosophy and includes such other branches of learning as may be specified by the Board from time to time; (i) “Invigilator” means a person who assists the Superintendent of a center in conducting and supervising the examinations at a Center; (j) “recognition” means recognition for the purpose of preparing candidates for admission to the Board’s Examination; (k) ” Deputy Registrar” means Deputy Registrar of Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board (k) “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; (l) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board; (m) “Superintendent of a Centre” means a person appointed by the Board to conduct and supervise an examination of the Board and includes an Additional Superintendent; (n) “Unfair-means” in relation to an examinee while answering questions in an examination, means the unauthorized help from any person directly or indirectly or from any material written, recorded, copied or printed in any form whatsoever, or the use of any unauthorized telephonic, wireless or electronic or other instrument or Gadget.