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ACT V OF 2014 ACT V OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2014. An Act to provide for the free and compulsory education in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 6th February, 2014] 7. School Attendance Authority.---(1) Government may constitute one or more School Attendance Authorities for the purposes of this Act. (2) A School Attendance Authority shall ensure that every child required to attend a school and in case his/her name is struck of required to get readmitted under this Act and for this purpose it shall take such steps as may be considered necessary by the Authority or as may be specified by Government. (3) where a School Attendance Authority is satisfied that a parent who is required under the Act to cause a child to attend a school has failed to do so, the Authority, after giving the parent an opportunity of being heard and after such enquiries as it considers necessary, shall pass an order directing the parent to cause such child to attend a school on and from a date which shall be specified in the order. In case the parent or employer still avoids sending the child to school. Attendance Authority shall register a case against the accused in the court of Magistrate.