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ACT VIII OF 2018 ACT VIII OF 2018 BALOCHISTAN ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION COMMISSION ACT, 2018 An Act to provide for constitution and establishment of a Commission for improvement of educational assessment and examination system at school level [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 13th June, 2018] No. PAB/Legis:V(14)/2018/1330, dated 13.6.2018.---The Balochistan Assessment and Examination Commission Bill 2018 (Bill No.14 of 2018), having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 30th May, 2018 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 13th June, 2018 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for constitution and establishment of a Commission for the improvement of educational assessment and examination system, conduct examinations in all public and private educational institutions at school level and conduct periodic, diagnostic assessment of learning outcomes with the objective to improve the teaching and learning process to met the requisite standards and bring it in line with the needs of the official curriculum, and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows: 2. Definitions.---In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-- (a) "Act" means the Balochistan Assessment and Examination Commission Act, 2018; (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission; (c) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission as appointed under section 18; (d) "Commission" means the Balochistan Assessment and Examination Commission as constituted under section 5; (e) "Committee" means a committee as constituted by the Commission under section 11; (f) "Controlling Authority" means the Controlling Authority of the Commission as specified in section 14; (g) "Fund" means the Balochistan Assessment and Examination Commission Fund as described in section 21; (h) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (i) "Local Government" means the local government institutions as defined in the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010 (Act V of 2010) or any other law for the time being in force; (j) "Member" means a Member of the Commission; (k) "Policy" means the policy made under this Act; (l) "Prescribed" means prescribed by Rules or Regulations made under the Act; (m) "Regulations" means the regulations made or deemed to have been made under section 25; (n) "Rules" means the rules made or deemed to have been made under the section 26; (o) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Commission; (p) "section" means a section of the Act; and (q) "School level" means schools imparting education from Class I to Class VIII, as the case may be.