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TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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No. 1361 CHENNAI, MONDAY, JUNE 12, ZUu6
Vaikasi 29, Viya, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-203-
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Part. IV-Section 2
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Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances - I
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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assant of
the Governor on the 9th June 2006 and is hereby published for general
information :- I < A

ACT No. 13 OF 2006.

An Act to provide a learning of Tamil as one of the subjects in all schools in the
State of Tamil Nadu.

' WHEREAS a policy,decision has been taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu to .
ensure that all students studying in standards Ito X i n all schools in this State to learn Tamil
as one of the subjects. in a phased manner, from the academic year 2006-2007.
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BE ,If enacted by the Legislative ~ s s ~ k.of~ the b l ~State of Tamil Nadu ,in. tbq ~i,lc,titut

. Republic of India as follows:-

Fifty-seventpJeai of .the . .. . .. , , ( .
1. (1) This Act maj' be called the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Piet;'2006. ' I
'' ' title*
.extent and
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. commence-
, men!.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Govemment pay, by notificdion:
appoint. : . si I,+ 1
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Definitions
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2. In this Act, unless the mqtext otherwise requires,-
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(a) "academic year" means-the year mmmencing on the. firslday
. . of. June; , , . ,
. means
(b) umrnpeteni authority" . t i compet.&t authoiitv ippahted, b y. the. . . -,'
Govemment under section 4; . .. , . . ... I

(c) " Government" means the State Government; .

(d)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
(e) "school" means,-
- (13 any Primary School, Middle School. High School or Higher Secondav ,
.. or Local Bodies; or
Schod maintained by the State
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DTP IV-2 Ex. (136). '[43] . .
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I 442 a TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
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. . (ii) any Primary School, Middle School, High School or Higher Secondary
I School established and administered or maintained by any private educational agency
including minority school established and administered under clause (1) of Article 30 of the
Constitution, whether receiving aid out of the State fund or not; or
(iii) any Nursery and Primary School, Matriculation School, Anglo-Indian
School or Oriental School including minority school established and administered under
clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution, whether receiving aid out of the State fund or
not: or
(iv) such other school as may be notified by the Government in this behalf.

1 Explanation.-For the purpose of this clause,-

', ( i ) Nursery and Primary School shall consist of standards L.K.G. to V;

(1, Primary School shall consist of standards I to V:
(i/i) Middle School shall consist of standards I to Vlll or standards VI to VIII;
( i l ) High School shall consist of standards I to X or VI to X or IX and X;
( ) Higher Secondary School shall consist of standards I to X11, VI to XI1 or
x to XII.
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Tamil as 3. (1) Tamil shall be taught as a subject in standards I to X in all schools, in a
subject. phased manner, commencing from the academic year 2006-2007 for standard I, from the
academil: year 2007-2008 for standards I and II and shall,be extended upto X standard in
a like manner.
(2) For the purpose of sub-section (I), the pattern of education shall be as
follows:--
Part -I Tamil (Compulsory)
Part -11 English (Compulsory)
Part -111 Other Subjects (Mathematics, Science, Social Science, etc.)
Part -IV Students who do not have either Tamil or English as their
mother tongue can study their mother tongue 3s an optional
subject.
Competent 4. (1) The Government may, by notification, appoint any officer of the Education
authority. Department riot below the rank of District Educational Officer to be competent authority for
the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and
different corr~petentauthorities may be appointed for different areas.

(2) The competent authority shall exercise such powers and perform such functions
as may be prescribed.
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Exemption. 5. The Government may, subject to such conditions as they deem fit, by general or
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~ .<. special order, exempt any class or category of student or students from all or any of the
provisions of this Act either in part or in whole.
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Competent 6. The competent authority appointed under section 4 $halllbe deemed to be public Central A:
authority to s h a n t within the meaning of sectioi 21 of the l d i a n y ~ e n a (. .~~( o, jd~ et '.,t" ~I , XLV of 3:
be public I "
servant.
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Power of . 7. ( I ) The Government may, in the public interest, by order, direct the competent
Government authority to make an enquiry or to take appropriate proceedings under this Acf'in any case
to give specified in the order, and the competent authority shall report to the Gqvernment the result
direction.
of the enquiry made or the proceedings taken by him within such period as may be
prescribed. . ,i I *

(2) On receipt of the report from the competent authority under sub-section (I),
the Government shall give such direction as they deem fit and such direction shall be final
and binding. .
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8. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the competent Protection of
authority. Government or its Officers for anything which is in good faith done or intended action taken
to be done under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder. in good faith.

I . 9. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Power to
make rules.
(2) Every rule or notification or order made under this Act, shall, as soon as
possible, after it is made or issued, be placed on the Table of the Legislative Assembly, and
if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the Assembly
makes any modification in any such rule or notification or order or the Assembly decides
that the rule or notification or order should not be made, the rule or notification or order shall
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, .
so, however. that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the
*validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification or order.

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10. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Gdvemment
may, by order published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, make such pbvisions, as remove
- - appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: diftitbitibs.

Provided that no order shall be made after the expiry of a period of hrvo yea& from the
date of commencement of this Act.

(By order of the Governor.)

S. DHEENADHAYALAN,
Secretap to Government-in-charge,
Law Dfepatlment.

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