Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part XIV · Offences and Penalties
129. Offences and penalties relating to registration of educational institutions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who, being a chairman of a board of governors, a governor or any other person responsible for the management of an educational institution, makes a false or misleading statement in promoting the educational institution is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.
governor
“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to manage an educational institution, and includes a person appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
Any person who —
on making an application under this Act for the registration of an educational institution or for registration as a governor, makes any statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, or intentionally suppresses any material fact, or furnishes any information which is misleading;
obstructs or impedes the Registrar General, a public officer or a police officer in the exercise of any power conferred upon him by section 112, 113 or 114;
refuses to produce any book, document, electronic media material or other article, or refuses to furnish information in contravention of section 112(2) or furnishes any information which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true;
being a person required to be registered as a governor under section 87, acts as a governor without being so registered;
being a governor or person responsible for the management of an educational institution, causes or permits any person to act as governor or the person responsible for the management of the educational institution without being registered under this Act;
acts as a governor of an educational institution which is not registered under this Act; or
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being the chairman of a board of governors, a governor or the person responsible for the management of an educational institution, has failed to prevent the educational institution from being used for any activity or purpose of an unlawful nature, or for any activity or purpose of an unlawful organisation, society or other body of persons, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$30,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
Any person who —
being the chairman of a board of governors or being the person responsible for the management of an educational institution, fails to cause a copy of the certificate of registration of the educational institution to be exhibited in accordance with section 79(2);
fails to surrender to the Registrar General any certificate of registration or instrument of government under section 86(5) or 96;
being the chairman of the board of governors of an educational institution, contravenes section 94(1); or
being the owner or occupier of any premises and having reasonable cause to believe that the premises or any part thereof is being used as an educational institution which is required to be registered under this Act but is not so registered, fails to take all reasonable steps to prevent such use, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000.
Terms defined in s 2
educational institution
Defined · s 2“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
governor
Defined · s 2“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to manage an educational institution, and includes a person appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
instrument of government
Defined · s 2“instrument of government” means an instrument of government as specified in section 66;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means any building used as an educational institution, and includes any building for the purpose of providing accommodation and other facilities for pupils and staff of the institution but does not include any land occupied therewith;
Registrar General
Defined · s 2“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under section 5(1) and includes the Deputy Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under the same section;
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