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Act 35 of 2009 Cited by 1 provision

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Cross-references

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Referred to by 1

1. s. 31 Monitoring of child's right to education

Questions about Section 17

What does Section 17 of the Rte Act 2009 deal with?

Section 17 of the Rte Act 2009 is headed "Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child". No child shall be subjected to physical punishment or mental harassment.

How do I find court cases under Section 17 of the Rte Act 2009?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: RTE Act 2009 17, section 17 RTE Act 2009, section 17 of the Rte Act 2009. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 17 of the Rte Act 2009, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When was the Rte Act 2009 enacted?

Rte Act 2009 was enacted in 2009 as Act 35 of 2009. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

• 38. Power of appropriate Government to make rules1045 words
• 3. Right of child to free and compulsory education449 words
• 12. Extent of school's responsibility for free and compulsory education330 words
• 8. Duties of appropriate Government261 words
• 9. Duties of local authority261 words
• 7. Sharing of financial and other responsibilities258 words

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