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1[(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) appointed day means the date on which the Board is established; (b) basic education means education up to the eighth class imparted in schools other than high schools or intermediate colleges, and the expression basic schools shall be construed accordingly; (c) Board means the Uttar Pradesh Board of Basic Education constituted under Section 3; (d) Director and District Basic Education Officers means officers appointed by the State Government as the 2[Director of Education], Uttar Pradesh and District Basic Education Officers respectively; [(d-1) Junior Basic School means a basic school in which education is imparted upto class fifth. (d-2) Junior High School means a basic school in which education is imparted to boys or girls or to both from class sixth to class eighth.]3 (e) local body means the 4[Zila Panchayat or Municipality] as the case may be; [(f) Municipality means a Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be.]5 [(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, as the case may be.]6
<sup><b>1</b></sup>[(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(a) appointed day means the date on which the Board is established;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(b) basic education means education up to the eighth class imparted in schools other than high schools or intermediate colleges, and the expression basic schools shall be construed accordingly;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(c) Board means the Uttar Pradesh Board of Basic Education constituted under Section 3;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(d) Director and District Basic Education Officers means officers appointed by the State Government as the <sup><b>2</b></sup>[Director of Education], Uttar Pradesh and District Basic Education Officers respectively;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>[(d-1) Junior Basic School means a basic school in which education is imparted upto class fifth.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(d-2) Junior High School means a basic school in which education is imparted to boys or girls or to both from class sixth to class eighth.]<sup><b>3</b></sup><br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(e) local body means the <sup><b>4</b></sup>[Zila Panchayat or Municipality] as the case may be;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>[(f) Municipality means a Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be.]<sup><b>5</b></sup><br> [(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, as the case may be.]<sup><b>6</b></sup><br><br>