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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

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TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 7] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Maasi 12, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2041

Part IV—Section 4
CENTRAL ACTS AND ORDINANCES

CONTENTS
Pages.

ACTS:

No. 29 of 2009—The Appropriation (Railways) No.3 Act, 2009 .. .. 8-9

No. 30 of 2009—The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2009 .. .. .. 11-12

No. 31 of 2009—The Jharkhand Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2009 .. .. 13-16

No. 32 of 2009—The Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2009 .. .. .. 17-21

No. 33 of 2009—The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 .. .. .. .. 23-88

No. 34 of 2009—The Metro Railways (Amendment) Act, 2009 .. .. 89-92

No. 35 of 2009—The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 .. 93-107

DTP IV-4-(7)—1 [7]

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New Delhi, the 27th August, 2009.

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
26th August, 2009 and is hereby published for general information:—

THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION

ACT, 2009

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

SECTIONS
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THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION

ACT, 2009

ACT No. 35 OF 2009

An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of
six to fourteen years.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

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T.K. VISWANATHAN,
Secretary to the Government of India.

(Republished by Order of the Governor)

M.P. SENTHILNATHAN,
Joint Secretary to Government,
Law Department.

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ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU