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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] 8. Offences.---(1) Any parent who fails to comply with an order issued under subsection (3) of section 7, shall on conviction before a Magistrate first class be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees to the minimum and with further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every day to the minimum after the conviction for which the failure continues or with imprisonment which may extend to one week or with both. (2) The parent of a child or an employer of such a child who after receiving due warning from the School Attendance Authority continues to employ a child whether on remuneration or otherwise required under this Act to attend a School shall on conviction before a Magistrate, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees to the minimum and with a further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every day to the minimum after the conviction for which the non-attendance at a school continues or with imprisonment which may extend to one month or with both.