COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
SECOND EDITION
The following regulations©! the police department, for the enforcement of the Compulsory Clauses of the Education Act, have been issued.
The police will cautiously ascertain if on their beat, patrols, or sections there are any children over seven and under thirteen years of age not attending school, in contravention of the law ; and, if so, they will make a note of the facts, taking the names of tiie parents or guardians, at the same time (where necessary) explaining to them the law relative to school attendance;
In cases where the law is being so contravened, reports thereof are to be be made so f hat the School Committee or Clerk thereto may issue notices as provided by the Act, Third Schedule.
If after the service of these notices the contraventions still continue, reports arc again to be made, so that the School Committee or Clerk may institute proceedings. The police will serve both notices and summonses; attend Court to prove cases; and render such assistance as they can to the Education Committees in enforcing tne compulsory clauses of the Act.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2420, 18 December 1880, Page 2
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184COMPULSORY EDUCATION. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2420, 18 December 1880, Page 2
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