.....the duty of taking care of, bringing up or the custody of the child has been entrusted by the law or custom or by any lawful authority or who has in fact accepted or assumed such duty or has actual custody of such child or where such guardian cannot be readily ascertained of such person as the local authority shall decide; (h) "Local Authority" means the Gauhati Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Board as defined in the Assam Municipal Act, 1956, a Town Committee established under the said Act and a Mahkuma Parishad and a Gaon Panchayat established under the Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1972; (i) "Management" means and includes such powers and functions, in respect of the local authorities and of "District Council" as have been laid down in this Act; (j) "Notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette: (k) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules under this Act; (l) "State Government" means the Government of Assam; (m) "Recognised School" means a school recognized or deemed to be recognized under this Act; (n) "State Board" for Elementary Education and "Regional Board" for Elementary Education means the Board constituted under the Assam Elementary.....
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