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Section 2
The Meghalaya (Taking over of the District Council Lower Primary Schools) Act No.6, 1994Meghalaya

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant to the context:-

(a) Act means the Meghalaya (Taking over of District Council Lower Primary Schools) Act 1993.

(b) appointed day means the date appointed by the State Government under sub-section (2) of section 1;

(c) autonomous district means the autonomous district, as the case may be of Khasi Hills, Garo Hills or Jaintia Hills;

(d) cut-off-date means the cut-off date referred to in section 4;

(e) "1DCLP school means any Primary School including a Junior Basic School managed by the District Council but excluding the Pre-Primary Section; "

(f) " District Council " means a District Council in the State of Meghalaya constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution;

(g) " section " means a section of the Act;

(h) " State Government " means the Government of the State of Meghalaya; and

(i) " taking over " means the taking over of DCLP Schools by the State Government as referred to in section 3;