The Goa Coaching Classes (Regulation) Act, 2001

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    "title": "The Goa Coaching Classes (Regulation) Act, 2001",
    "short_title": "The Goa Coaching Classes (Regulation) Act, 2001",
    "act_number": "(Goa Act 27 of 2001)",
    "act_year": 2001,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Goa Coaching Classes (Regulation) Act, 2001",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"advertisement\" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or any other document and any announcement made orally or in writing in any form or by any means (whether mechanical, electrical, magnetic, electronic or otherwise) producing or transmitting light or sound;\n(b) \"branch\" means a branch of any coaching class which is owned by one and the same proprietor and registered at one or more places in the same name;\n(c) \"chief of coaching class\" means any person appointed by the proprietor, by whatever name, who is in-charge of, or is responsible for conducting such a coaching class;\n(d) \"coaching class\" means a class conducted by any person for coaching more than five students at a time, by charging fees in a subject but shall not include the regular classes conducted by the educational institutions recognised by the Government or, as the case may be, university, such as primary, secondary, higher secondary schools, technical and vocational institutions, senior colleges and university classes and any academy or classes where subjects such as classical dance, music or such other classical subjects are taught;\n(e) \"competent authority\" means an officer notified by the Government under section 3;\n(f) \"Director of Education (Administration)\" means an officer designated by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purposes of this Act;\n(g) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa;\n(h) \"person\" means an individual and includes a group of persons or a body corporate, or a trust, firm or society or an institution;\n(i) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(j) \"proprietor\" means an owner of a coaching class registered as such this Act and includes a joint owner;\n(k) \"registration\" means the registration of a coaching class under section 4;\n(l) \"tutor\" means a person who guides or trains students in any coaching class and includes a tutor giving specialised tuition's.\nChapter II\nRegistration of coaching classes",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Competent authority.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Registration of coaching class and renewal thereof.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Documents to be accompanied with the application for registration.",
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            "content": "(i) to the best of his knowledge and belief the tutors are not the employees of any Government run or Government funded educational institution recognised by the Government or, as the case may be, university;\n(ii) he shall use only the words \"registered coaching class\" and shall not use the words \"recognised\" or \"approved\", on any sign board or in any advertisement or correspondence or communication of whatever nature or at any place;\n(iii) the necessary information regarding the time table of the coaching class, the fees charged and general information, as prescribed, regarding the coaching class shall be displayed on the notice board at the prominent place in the premises of the coaching class;\n(iv) the premises of the coaching class are not situated in the campus of any educational institution recognised by the Government or, as the case may be, university;\n(v) he or the chief of the coaching class, if any or any tutor or any employee of the coaching class has not been convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude and that any change in the employment of a tutor shall immediately be intimated to the competent authority;\n(vi) he shall abide by the condition regarding the prescribed number of students to be admitted in the coaching class;\n(vii) the prospectus, notes and other material shall be supplied by the coaching class without any separate fees therefor;\n(viii) the working hours of the coaching class shall be arranged in such a way that the same shall not overlap the normal working hours of the students of the educational institutions recognised by the Government or, as the case may be, university, and he shall follow the orders issued by the competent authority in this behalf;\n(ix) such other terms and conditions, as may be prescribed, shall be followed while conducting the coaching class;\n(b) The application for renewal of the registration shall be accompanied by a copy of the audited statement of accounts in respect of each branch, audited by a Chartered Accountant.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Cancellation of registration.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Appeal.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Restriction on shifting of coaching class.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Prohibition of misleading advertisement relating to coaching class.",
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            "content": "Explanation.\nChapter III\nMiscellaneous",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Maintenance of records and power to enter and inspect.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Restriction on Charging Fees.",
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            "content": "Explanation.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Offences by companies.",
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            "content": "Explanation.\n(a) \"company\" means any body corporate and includes a trust, a firm, society, an institution, or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"Director\" in relation to,-\n(i) a firm, means partner in the firm;\n(ii) a society, a trust, institution or other association of persons, or body of individuals, means the person who is interested under the rules or bye-laws of the society, trust, institution or other association or body with the management of the affairs of the society, trust, institution or other association or body, as the case may be.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Bar of Civil Suits or Proceedings.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power to make Rules.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Power to remove difficulty.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "goa025",
        "Act Number": "(Goa Act 27 of 2001)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2001",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Coaching Classes (Regulation) Act, 2001",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:42"
}