The Assam Secondary Education (Amendment) Act, 1972
1040 'l'HE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 6, 1972

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amend~ent 2. In Section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-sect\on

~~ se~~~~~ ( 1) the following shall be substituted, namely:-
Act XXX of
1964.

"(1) There shall be levied and paid to the State

Government a duty, to be called the 'electricity
duty', at the rate of three paise per unit of energy~

(a) supplied to a consumer by the Board; or

(b) supplied to a consumer by a licensee

generating energy or procuring energy in
bulk from the Board ; or

(c) generated by a'person for his own use or

con~umption."

Md. SAADULLAH,

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of Assam,

Law Department.

The 4th October 1972

No.351/72/2.-The following Act of the Asiam Legi:.olative Assembly

which received the assent of the Governor hereby published for general
information.

ASSAM ACT XXIII OF 1972

(Received the assent of the Governor of the 28th September, 1972)

THE ASSAM SECONDARY EDUCATION' (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972

[Published in the _Assam Gazatte_ Extraodinary,
###### dated the 6th October, 1972]

 An
Act

###### to amend the Assam Secondary Education Act, 1961
(Assam Act No.XXV of 1961)

Preamble Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam

Secondary Education Act, 1961 hereinafter called the Assam Act
principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing. xxv of

1961.
###### It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-third Year of
the Republic of India as follows:-


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THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 6, 1972 -------1041

Short title, 1. (1) This act may be called the Assam Secondary
extent and Education (Amendment) Act 1972.
commence- '

ment. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal
Act.
(3) It shali come into force on such date _ot_

dates as the State Government may, by a notification
in the official Gazette, appoint.

Amendment 2. In Section 13 of the principal Act,-

of 13 of Seclion Assam (1) S b u -section . (") I s a h 11 b e su st1tute b . d - b y t e h
Act XXV following:-           -           -

of 1961. "(i) to prescribe cul'riculum, syllabus, and
course of instruction for High- Schools, Higher Secon•
dary Schools and High Madrassas,"

(2) Sub-section (viii) shall be substituted by
the fellowing:-

"(viii) to prescribe and select text- books and

supplementary books."             -

Inclusion of 3. After Section 13 of the principal Act, following
a new sec- shall be added as a new Section 13 A.
tion after
Section 13 "13 A. It shall be the endeavour of the Board
of Assam to prepare and publish t~xt books and supplementary

~;:J
1 1 [XXV ] [books ][through ][the ][Assam State ] [Text ] [Book ] [Production ]
' and Publication Corporation Ltd., a State Govern-

ment undertaking from such date or dates after the
Corporation i~ registered under the Indian Companies
Act, 1956 as may be notified by the State Government
in the official Gazette.
If, however, the Assam State Text Book Produc

tion and Publication Corporation Ltd.,' fails to prepare
and publish text books and supplementary books
within a reasonable period, the Board will have
freedom to prepare and publish them through any
other agencies or under its own control giving proper
notice to the Assam State Text Book Production

and Publication Corporation Ltd.

Md. SAADULLAH,

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of Asaam;

Law Department.

SHILLONG :-Printed and published by the Superintendent, Go•t.

Press (Ex-c:iazette ), No.239-1,87 6 +60-6-10-72.


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