The Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees)  Act, 2018
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###### No. 254 Dispur, Friday, 18th May, 2018, 28th Vaisakha, 1940 (S.E.)

 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

 ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT :: : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH:: DISPUR

 NOTIFICATION

 The 16th May, 2018

 No. LGL. 9/2018/6.- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor on 9th May, 2018 is hereby published for general information.

 ASSAM ACT NO. XV OF 2018
 (Received the assent of the Governor on 9th May, 2018)

 THE ASSAM NON-GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
 (REGULATION OF FEES) ACT, 2018.


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###### AN

 ACT

to make provision for fixation of fees for the non-government educational institutions
in the State of Assam.

###### Preamble Whereas it is expedient to make provision for fixation of fees for the

Non-Government Educational Institutions in the State of Assam and the matters

connected therewith and incidental thereto.

###### It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India a-;

 follows:

CHAPTER I

###### PRELIMINARY

Short title, 1 . ( l) This Act may be called the Assam Non-Government Educational

extent and

Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2018.

###### commencement.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam.

###### (3) It shall come into force at once.

 Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "academic year" means the year specified by the Government or, as

the case may be, by any Board or Council to which respective institution

###### is affiliated;

(b) "educational district" means an educational district, as may be

specified by the Government in the Official Gazette;

(c) "elementary education" me~s th~ education from Class I to Class

###### VIII;

( d) "employee'' means a teacher and includes every other employee

working in a non·government educational institution;

( e)                          - existing school" means a recognized non-Government educational

institution which is in existence at the commencement of this Act~

(f) "Fee or Fee Structure" means any amount, by whatever name called,

colJected, directly or indirectly, by a school for admission of a student to

any Standard or course of study and inctudes,-

(i) Tuition fee;

(ii) Term fee, which shall not exceed one month tuition fee per term;

###### (iii) Library fee and deposit;


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###### (iii) Library fee and deposit;

 (iv) Laboratory fee and deposit ;

 (v) Gymkhana fee where such facilities are available;

(vi) Caution money;

(vii) Examination fee;

(viii)Admission fee, which shall not exceed one month tuition fee;

(ix) Yoga and Physical Education fee where yoga and physicaJ

education are imparted ;

(x) any other fee as detennined by the Fee Regulatory Committee;

(g) "Fee Regulatory Committee" means a committee constituted under

section 3;

###### (h) "Fee Revision Committee,. means a committee constituted under

section 13;

###### (i) "Government" means the State Government;

 (j) ~'Government school" means a school established, owned or

maintained by the Government;

(k) "institution" means and includes the non-Government educational

institution as defined under clause (p) of this Act;

(1) "local authority" means,- Assam

(1.) a G au h · M at1 umc1pa · · 1 C orporat1on · constitute · d under the Gauhat.1· of Act No. [1 ]
1973
Municipal Corporation Act, ) 971;

Assam

(ii) All other Municipal Boards or Municip.al Town Committees of the

Act No.

State constituted under the Assam Municipal Act, 1956 and XV of

1957

Village Councils in case of Autonomous Council areas;

Assam

###### (iii) a Panchayat constituted under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994; Act No.

XVIII of
1994

(m) "Lower Primary School" or "LP School" means a school imparting

education upto class V;

(n) "management" means,-

###### (i) in the case of a school managed by the Government, the

Government;

###### (ii) in the case of school managed by any local authority, the

respective local authority;

(iii) in any other case, maintaining committee or the governing body


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by whatever name called, of school to which the affairs of the

school are entrusted and, a person, by whatever name or

designation called, where such affairs are entrusted to such person

and shall also include trust or company associated with the school

in any manner whatsoeve.r;

(o)"minority educational institution" means the Government approved

institution established and administered by minority having right to do so

under clause ( J) of Article 30 of the Constitution of India;

(p )" non-government educational institutions" means schools established

and run by an individual or association of individuals or any Non-

Government Organization o_r Society or Trust, except the schools

established and maintained by minorities under clause (I) of Article 30 of

the Constitution of India and imparting education at Primary, Middle,

Secondary and Higher Secondary Level without receiving any grants-in-

aid from the State Government which have been registered under sub-

section (1) of section 6 of the Assam Non-Government Educational Assam

Act No.

Institutions (Regulation and Management) Act. 2006 excluding the

###### IV of

educational institutions run or aided by the Central Government or the 2007

State Government. The word "institution" wherever it occurs in the Act

shall be construed accordingly.

Provided that the institution established by any person or body of

persons including trusts and received permission/recognition/ affiliation/

concurrence as the case may be, from the competent authority after As
sam

01.01.2006 shall be treated as non-government educational institution Act No.

provided they are registered under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the ~~O~

Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation and

Management) Act, 2006 ;

(q) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(r) "pre-primary schoor' means a Nursery, Junior Kindergarten, Senior

Kindergarten level or any school imparting education up to pre-primary

school level for children having age of 3 to 6 years, by whatever name

###### called and of any medium attached in the prescribed manner to the school;

(s) "profiteering" means any amoW1t accepted in cash or kind, directly or

indirectly which is in excess of the fee fixed or approved as per the


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provisions of this Act and shall include profit earned from school by trust

###### or company associated with the school in any manner whatsoever;

(t) "public examination" means an examination conducted by the Board Assam

Act No.

###### of Secondary Education, Assam, constituted under the Assam Secondary
 XXVof

Education Act, 1961 and Assam Higher Secondary Education Council 1961

Assam

constituted under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Act 1984 or

Act No.

Central Board of Secondary Education or Council of Indian School xvn of

1984

Certificate Examinations or any other Board recognized by the

Govenunent;

(u)"recognized school" means a school recognized by the competent

Educational Authority of the State or the Central Government;

###### (v) "school" includes a Lower Primary School, Upper Primary School,

High School/High Madrassa, Higher Secondary School, Senior

Secondary School and also includes any other institution which imparts

###### education or training below the degree level, but docs not include an

institution which exclusively imparts technical education;

###### (w) "school property" means all movable and immovable property

belonging to, or " in the possession of, the school and all other rights and

interests in, or arising out of, such property, and includes land, building

###### and its appurtenances, playgrounds, hostels, furniture, books, apparatus,

maps, equipments, utensils, cash, reserve fund, investments and bank

###### balances;

 (x) "secondary education" shall have same meaning as defined under Assam Act

No.XXV

clause (n) of section 2 of the Assam Secondary Education Act, l 961;

ofl961

(y) "Upper Primary School" or "UP School" including ME Madrassa

means a school imparting education upto class VIII.

CHAPTER II

CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEE, DETERMINATION OF FEE AND

PROHIBITION OF COLLECTION OF EXCESS FEE

Constitution of 3. ( 1) The Government shall constitute a Fee Regulatory Committee for the

Fee Regulatory purpose of determination of the fee for any standard or course of study in

Committee. non-government educational institutions.


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(2) The age of the Chairperson and the members shall not be more than 65

years at the time of appointment. The term of the Chairperson and other

nominated members shall be three years.

(3) The honorarium and allowances payable to and other terms and

conditions of service of member shall be such as may be prescribed by the

###### Government.

(4) The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-

(a) retired District and Session Judge or a person who had been a member

###### of All India Service, having retired from a post not below the rank of

Commissioner and Secretary to Government or a person who had been a

member of Indian Police Service, having retired from a post not below

the rank of Additional Director General of Police, to be nominated by the

Government, who shall be the Chairperson of the Committee;

###### (b) one Chartered Accountant, to be nominated by the Government;

(c) one Civil Engineer I Government approved vaJuer, to be nominated by

the Government;

(d) the Secretary, Assam Higher Secondary Education Council and Board

###### of Secondary Education;

(e) one representative from the non-government educational institution

management to be nominated by the Government;

(f) one Academician of repute, to be nominated by the Government;

(5)The Director shall act as a co-ordinator to the Committee to provide

administrative support.

Jurisdiction 4. (1) The jurisdiction of the Fee Regulatory Committee shall comprise of

and such districts or zones as the State Government by notification in the

headquarters Official Gazette specify. There may be one or more such Committee as

###### of Committee. per need. These Committees have to be constituted as per section 3 of the

Act.

(2) The Headquarter of the Fee Regulatory Committee shall be at such

place specified by the State Government by notification in the Official

###### Gazette.

Vacancies, etc. 5. (1) If any vacancy occurs by reason of death, resignation, expiry of term

not to invalidate of office or termination of appointment of the member or for any other

proceedings of

cause whatsoever, such vacancy shall be filled in by the State

the committee.

Government as soon as possible within a period of six months from the

date of occurrence of the vacancy.


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(2) No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be questioned or shall be

invalid merely on the ground of the existence of any vacancy or defect in

the Constitution of the Committee.

Procedure to be 6. (1) The Fee Regulatory Committee shall meet as and when necessary but

regulated by the at least once in a quarter at such time and place as the Chairperson may

Fee Regulatory

think fit.

C',om m ittee.

(2) The Committee shall regulate it'> own procedure for the conduct of its

business.

(3) All orders and decisions of the Committee shall be authenticated by

the Chairperson of the Committee or the person duly authorized by the

Chairperson on his/her behalf.

Disqualification 7. The Government may terminate the appointment of the Chairperson or

of members of any member of the Fee Regulatory Committee before the expiry of the

Fee Regulatory

term of his office, ifhe-

Committee.

(i) has been adjudged an insolvent;

(ii) has, in the opinion of the State Government, become physically or

mentally incapable of acting as a member;

(iii) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, or

###### (iv) has been guilty of proven misbehavior :

Provided that no member shall be removed from his office on the

above grounds, unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of

being heard.

Powers and 8. (1) Subject to the provisions of section l 0, the Fee Regulatory Committee

Functions of the shall determine the fee payable by students in the non-government

Fee Regulatory educational institution.

Committee.

(2) The Committee shall have power to,-

###### (a) require each non-government educational institution to place before

the Committee, the proposed fee structure of such school along with all

relevant documents and books of accounts for, scrutiny before such date

as may be specified by the Committee;

(b) verify whether the foe proposed by the non-govemment educational

institution justified and whether it amounts to profiteering or charging of

exorbitant fee;

(c) approve the existing fee structure or determine the fee which can be


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charged by the non~governmcnt educational institution;

(d) verify whether the non-government educational institution operating

within the territory of the State of Assam is recognized by the competent

Authority of the State Government or affiliated to the Assam Higher

Secondary Education Council or Board of Secondary Education, Assam

or the Central Board of Secondary Education or the Council for Indian

School Certificate Examinations or any other Board constituted by the

State or the Central Government, as the case may be, and the institution

imparts instruction prescribed by the Assam Higher Secondary Education

Council or Board of Secondary Education, Assam or any other Board, as

referred to above as the case may be;

(e) hear complaints or initiate suo moto hearing with regard to collection of

excess fee by a non-government educational institution, as referred to

above in Clause (d)~

(t) regulate the fees charged by the school and penal action as per the

provisions of this Act;

(g) report the matter to the State GovemH1ent that the institution has

collected excess fee and it has not complied with the provisions of the

respective applicable Acts and rules made thereunder of the concerned

Board for appropriate action. ·

(3) (a) For the purposes of this Act, the Fee Regulatory Committee while Act V of

holding inquiry shall have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of 1908

Civil Procedure, 1908 while trying a suit in respect of the following

matters, namely:-

(i) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and

examining him on oath;

(ii) requiring the discovery and production of any document:

(iii) receiving evidence on affidavit; and

(iv) issuing commission for examination of witnesses for local inspection.

(b) All inquiries and revisions under this Act shall be deemed to be the Act No.

judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of ~~:[

###### the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Power of State · 9. The Fee Regulatory Committee shall recommend maximum limits of fees

Government to to be charged by different categories of non-government educational

notify maximum

institutions every year before starting of the academic session taking into

limits of fees.


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account the factors as mentioned under section 10 and the State

Government shall noti(y the same in the Official Gazette. from time to

time.

Exemption from l 0. (1) The Fee Regulatory Committee may exempt such non-government

appearance before

educational institutions that charge amount of fee lower than the fee as

Committee.

notified by the Government under section 9 from the determination of fee.

Such non-government educational institutions shall file an affidavit to that

###### effect:

Provided that if any such institution desires to revise the fee, it shall

follow the procedure as laid do~'tl in section 8 :

Provided further that exclusive pre-primary classes, play groups and

###### crechcs not attached to any school shall be exempted from the application

 of the provisions of this Act

 (2) The Fee Regulatory Committee shall determine fee for all institution

 except the institution as ref e1Ted to in sub-section ( 1 ), imparting

pre-primary, primary, upper primary, secondary, and higher secondary

education.

###### (3) The exemption shall remain operative till the prescribed fee is revised

by the Government.

###### ( 4) The Fee Regulatory Committee may withdraw the exemption, after

 providing reasonable opportunity of hearing to the erring school, if it has

reason to believe that the school has charged fee in excess of the fee,

prescribed under sub-section ( 1) or has furnished false or misleading or

incomplete information to the committee.

(5) The information regarding erring schools including details of their

management shall be published by the Fee Regulatory Committee

through an advertisement in the leading daily newspapers, in the best

interest of students, parents, and society at large.

Factors for 11. ( 1) The Fee Regulatory Committee shall detem1ine the fee leviable by
determination of

c different categories of non-government educational institutions
1ee.

categorized by the Committee after taking into account the following

factors, namely :-

(i) location of the non-government educational institution where the

school is situated;


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(ii) investment incum~d to setup the school;

(iii) infrastructure made available to the students for the quality education.

facilities provided as mentioned in the prospectus or website of the

school;

(iv) expenditure on administration, maintenance of services and utilities

###### of the school~

(v) strength of students in the non-government educational institution;

(vi) classes of study and courses of study offered by the school;

(vii) qualification of teaching, and non-teaching staff (as per the relevant

norms) their salary components. and reasonable amount for yearly salary

increments;

###### (viii) expenditure incurred on the students against total income of the

school which shall include profit earned from school by the trust or

company associated with such school;

(ix) reasonable revenue surplus for the purpose of development, education

and expansion of the institution;

###### (x) any other factors which may be prescribed by the Government from

time to time.

(2) The Fee Regulatory ·Committee shall, after determining the iee

leviable by a non-government educational institution, communicate its

decision to the institution concerned.

(3) The Fee Regulatory Committee shaU determine the total fees which

shall be levied by considering all different. fees charged by the institution.

(4) The foe structure so determined by the Fee Regulatory Conunittee

shall be binding on the non-government educational institution for a

period of three years.

Prohibhlon of 12. (1) No non-government educational institution shall collect any fee in excess

collection of of the fee fixed by the Fee Regulatory Committee for admission of

e.xcess foe.

students to any standard or course of study in that institution.

(2) No excess fee shall be collected by any person either for himself or on

behalf of such non-government educational institution or on behalf of the

management of such non-government educational institution.


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(3) No institution itself or on its behalf shall collect any donation or

capitation fee under any name whatsoever, or receive any deposit under

###### any head from the parents to the school management, school trust.

company, or any trustee or member of the school. If any parents or

guardian of a student has paid voluntarily any above referred amount, he

shall inform the concerned Fee Regulatory Committee, the details of such

payment on affidavit. Such non-disclosure shall amount to abetmcnt of

the profiteering committed by the school management.

( 4) The institution shall open and operate separate and only one Bank

account for individual non-government educational institution.                 - e

parents shall make payments of prescribed fees directly into the

concerned school bank account. The acknowledgement of receipt of the

total coJlected fee from the parents shall be given in the form of counter-

foil from bank and concerned school, as the case may be.

Fee Revision 13. (1) The Government shall constitute a committee for the purpose of

Committee. revision against the order passed _by the Fee Regulatory Committee. The

###### headquarter of the Fee Revision Committee shall be at Guwahati or at

 such other place, as may be decided by the Chairperson of the Committee.

(2) The Fee Revision Committee shall consist of the following members,

###### namely:-

 (i) A retired Judge of the High Court, to be nominated by the

Government shall be the Chairperson of the Committee;

(ii) The senior most Secretary to the Government of Assam,

Secondary Education Department or Elementary Education

Department;

(iii) The Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam,

Finance Department, or his nominee not below the rank of the

Deputy Secretary;

###### (iv) The Director of Secondary Education, ex- officio, who shall be the

Member-Secretary;

(v) One representative from the non-government educational

institution Management to be nominated by the Government;

(vi) One Chartered Accountant, to be nominated by the Government.


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(3) A person or any institution aggrieved by the order of the Fee

###### Regulatory Committee made under section 11 may file revision

 application before the Fee Revision Committee \Vithin a period of

 twenty-one days from the date of receipt of such order:

 Provided that if the Fee Revision Committee is satisfied that such

 institution was prevented for filing a revision application within

 prescribed time-limit for sufficient cause, it may condone the delay and

 shall allow the revision application but not later than three months.

 CHAPTER III

 REGULATION OF ACCOUNTS AND MAINTENANCE OF

 RECORDS

 Regulation of 14. (l) The Government shaJI regulate the maintenance of accounts by the

 Accounts and non-government educational institutions in such manner as may be
 Maintenance of
 prescribed.
 Records.
 (2) The non-government educational institution shall maintain such

 records in such manner as may be prescribed.

 (3) Every non-government educational institution shall maintain accounts

 for different kinds of transactions like the fees collected, the grants

 received, financial assistance received including funds from NRls,

 payments of salary of staff, purchase of machinery and equipments,

 furniture, laboratory articles, sports equipments, library books, stationary

 and other expenditure incuITcd towards payments to the agencies

 companies hired or engaged by the school for different kind of services

 and these accounts shall be audited by the Chartered Accountant.

 ( 4) Every non-government educational institution shall keep the accounts

 and the records within the premises of the educational institution and shall

 make them available at all reasonable time~ for inspection by the Fee

 Regulatory Committee or its authorized officer.

 (5) The accounts maintained by the non-government educational institution

 together with all vouchers relating to various items of receipts and

 expenditures shall be preserved by the schools for a period of at least

 seven years.


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###### CHAPTER IV

 CONTRA VENTlONS AND PENAL TIES

Contravention 15. (I) For contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules

and penalties. made thereunder, the school management shall, in addition to refund of

twice the amount of fee to the parents or guardians or to the person who

has made the payment, be liable,~

(a) to pay fine which shall be upto five lakh rupees to the Goverruncnt for

the first contravention;

(b) to pay fine which shall not be less than five lakh rupees but which

may extend to ten . lakh rupees to the Government for the second

contravention; and

(c) for cancellation or withdrawal of registration/ affiliation/ No

Objection Certificate of the school. on third and subsequent

contravention by the concerned authority on the recommendation of

the Fee Regulatory Committee.

{2) 'fbe amount of fine and the amount of refw1d shall be paid within

fifteen days from the receipt of the order, failing which fine of one per

cent of the total payable amount shall be levied each day till the refund of

the total amount and fine is paid. However, if the school management

fails to make the payment of fine and refund within three months, then the

entire unpaid amount shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.

Bar of 16. No Civil Coun shall have the jurisdiction to deal v.rith or decide any

jurisdiction of question which the Fee Regulatory Committee or, as the case may be. the

civil court. Fee Revision Committee is empowered to deal with or decide with by or

under this Act and no injunction shall be granted by any civil court in

respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any of the

provisions of this Act.

###### CHAPTER V

 MISCELLANEOUS

. Power of State 17. The State Government may. from time to time, issue general or special

Government to directions consistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made

give directions. thereunder, as in its opinion are necessary or expedient for canying out


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the purposes of this Act or for giving effect to any of the provisions

contained therein or in any rules or orders made thereunder an<l the

management of the non-government educational institution shall be bound

by such directions.

Operation of 18. Save as otherwise provided in this Act the provisions of this Act shall be

other laws. in addition to, and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in

force.

Protection of 19. No suit, prosec11tion or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against

action taken in the Fee Regulatory Committee and Fee Revision Committee or the

good faith.

members thereof, Government or any officer, aulhority or person

empowered to exercise the powers or perform the functions by or wider

this Act for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done

under this Act or the rules made thereunder.

Members of 20. All the members of the Fee Regulalory Committee or the Fee Revision

Committee, Committee, as the case may be, and the officers and employees while

officers and acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or

employees to be Act No.

rules made thereunder, be deemed to be a public servant within the 45 of

public servant.

meaning of section 21 of the lndian Penal Code, 1860. 1860

Power to 21. ( 1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the

remove State Government may, by general or special order published in the

difficulties. _Official Gazette,_ make such provisions not inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act, as it appears to [t to be necessary or expedient for

the purposes of removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the

period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

(2) Every order made under sub-section (I) shall be laid, as soon as may

be, after 1t is. made, before the State Legislature.

Power to make 22. (I) The State Government may, by notification in the _Official Gazette,_

rules. make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing

power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters,

namely:-


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(a) the honorarium and allowances payable to and other terms and

###### conditions of service of members of the Fee Regulatory Committee

under sub-section (3) of section 3;

(b) the fee to be levied by the non-government educational institution

under sub- section (I ) of section 1 O;

(c) the other factors under which the Fee Regulatory Committee shall

determine the fees leviable by the non-government educational

###### institution under clause (X) of sub-section ( 1) of section 11;

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(d) to r~gulate the maintenance of accounts by the non-government

educational institution under sub-section ( l) of section 14;

(e) for maintenance of records of accounts of the Fee Regulatory

Committee under sub-section (2) of section 14.

(3) All rules made by the State Government under this Act shall, as soon

###### as may be after they are made, be laid before the Assam Legislative

Assembly. while it is in session, for a total period of not less than fourteen

days which may be comprised in one sessiori or in two or more successive

###### sessions, and shall, unless some later date is appointed, take effect from

 the date of their publication in the Official Gazette subject to such

modifications or annulments as the Assam legislative Assembly may,

during the said period agree to make, so however, that any such

modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of

anything previously done thereunder.                   -

###### S. M. BUZAR BARUAH,
Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam,
###### Legislative Department, Dispur, Guwahati-6.

Guwahati :- Printed and Published by the Dy. Director (P & S), Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Assam, Guwahati-21.
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