©fficial <Sa3ette OF THE Government of Palestine PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY BY AUTHORITY No. 301 • JERUSALEM 16th February, 1932 CONTENTS Page I. GOVERNMENT NOTICES ־ a) Education Bill, 1932 120) 125 ־ ־ M Methylated Spirits Bill, 1932) ־ - - - - - c) Orthodox Patriarchate (Amendment) Bill, 1932 128) ־ - - d) Confirmation of Ordinances Nos. 11 and 12 of 1932 - . - 129} ־ ־ ־ ־ - - ־ - - e) Appointments, etc. - 129) {f) Appointment of Czechoslovak Consul _______ !30 (g) Proclamation under the Extradition Ordinance, 1926, regarding Mexico - ' - - 130 (h) Authorisation under the Air Navigation Order, 1927, authorising airoplane D 2127 to fly over Palestine - 131 ־ - - - - - - i) Annulments of Certificates of Citizenship 131) (j) Order under the Town Planning Ordinances, 1921-1929, approving the Jerusalem West Central Area Scheme - - - - - - - - -. 132 (h) Orders under the Width and Alignment of Roads Ordinances, 1926-1927, regarding certain roads in the Northern and Southern Districts ----- 133 (I) Orders under the Urban Property Tax Ordinances, 1928-1929, appointing Appeal and Revision Appeal Commissions in Jerusalem and Ramallah - 134 (m) Order under the Land Settlement Ordinances, 1928-1930, regarding minima of areas in Fajja village ---------- - 135 (n) Order under the Land Settlement Ordinances, 1928-1930, conferring additional powers ־ - - - - - - upon an Assistant Settlement Officer 137 (0) Regulation under the Road Transport Ordinance, 1929, regarding traffic on the Gaza- ׳- - - - ־ ־ - - - Latron road 137 ־ - p) Regulations under the Antiquities Ordinance, 1929, regarding licence fees 137} ­Council, 1925, regarding natura־in־q) Regulations under the Palestine Citizenship Order) lisation fees - 138 ־ r) Foreign Tribunals (Evidence) Rules of Court, 1932 - - - - 138) ־ - . - - - s) Foreign Tribunals (Process) Rules of Court, 1932 141) Coimcil, 1922-1923, regarding the Constitution of the־t) Notice under the Palestine Order-in ) Advisory Council - -- -- -- -- - !43 (u) Notice of Declaration of a Closed Forest Area under the Forests Ordinance, 1926 - 144 (v ) Notice under the Customs Duties Exemption Ordinance, 1924, regarding addition to Schedule 144 (w) Notices under the Diseases of Animals Ordinance, 1926, declaring certain villages to ־ ־ - ׳ ־ ־ - - - - be Infected Areas 145 {x) Notice .under the Companies Ordinance, 1929, recognising the membership of certain Institutions as qualification for Accountants and Auditors - 148 II. DEPARTMENTAL NOTICES (a) Notification of commencement of settlement in Fajja village - 148 ־ - ־ ־ - b ) Notification of intended settlement in certain villages 149) 149׳ ------ e) Posting of Schedules of Rights in certain villages) (d) Certain villages declared to be free from animal diseases ----- 150 ־ ־ - - e) Haifa Outline Town. Planning Scheme provisionally approved 151) (f) Notices regarding Air Mail, Letter Mail and Postal Packets - - - 151 ־ - - - . - - - - - g) List of Graduate Nurses 152) ־ - ־ - - - - h) Tenders and Adjudication of Contracts 152) (i) Sitting of Court of Criminal Assize - -- -- -- - !53 ־ - - Registration of Companies, Cooperative Societies, Partnerships, etc. 153 (/) ־ - - k) Citation Orders - - - - - - 156) ־ ־ ־ ־ ־ ־ ־ - - Corrigenda 156 (1) III. RETURNS (a) Sale of Unclaimed Goods - -- -- -- -- !57 (b) Quarantine and Infectious Diseases Summary - - - - - - 158 Price 50 Mils. 120 OFFICIAL GAZETTE 46th February, 1932 The folloiviiig Bills are made public in accordance tvith Article 17 (1) (d) of the Palestine Order-in-Council, 1922, ces amended by Article 3 of the Palestine (Amendment) Order-in-Council, 1923. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO EDUCATION BE IT ENACTED by the High Commissioner for Palestine with the advice of the Advisory Council thereof:— Short Title. 1. This Ordinance mav be cited as the Education Ordinance, 1932. Definitions. 2. In this Ordinance and any Regulations thereunder :— " Schoolmeans any institution in which more than ten persons are taught systematically, and in which any person imparts education. "Government School" means any school established and controlled by the Government of Palestine. "Public School" means any school maintained wholly or in part either by the Revenue of the Government of Palestine or by the revenue of any local authority, and registered in accordance with the provisions hereof as a public school. "Assisted School" means a school, other than a public school, to which, under the provisions of this Ordinance, a grant is made by the central or any local authority, or any share of a grant so made is allotted. than a ־ Non-assisted School" means any school other" public or assisted school. "Community School" means any school of which the . proprietor is a Community or local committee of a Community organised [under the Religious Communities Organisation Ordinance, 1926, or exercising jurisdiction in accordance with Article 51 of the Palestine Order-in- Council, 1922. "Private School" means a school other than a public school, an assisted school, or a community school. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Education. "Manager", in the case of a school which is conducted by the proprietor, means the proprietor; and in the case of every other school, means the person for the* time being appointed to be the responsible representative of the proprietor. "Proprietor", in relation to a school, means any person, association, community or corporation by whom or which a school is established or conducted. "Village" includes any village in which there is not a a Municipality or a Local Council. "Village Authority" means the village council, if such exists, and otherwise the mukhtar or mukhtars of the village. 16th February, 1932 OFFICIAL GAZETTE 121 PART I. GENERAL 3.—(1) Public schools shall be classified according to the Public schools, principal language of instruction. Arabic schools established by the Government and such Hebrew schools as are included in the Schedule to this Ordinance shall be deemed to be public schools; and the Director may, subject to Regulations hereunder, at any time register any school as a public school. (2) In the discharge of his functions in regard to any group of public schools established or maintained in part by a Local Authority [or an Association, the Director shall consult with such authority or Association. 4. Every school, other than a Government school, which Registration of at the date of this Ordinance has not been registered with the scnools• Department of Education shall within three months of the coming into force of this Ordinance be so registered. Every school which is opened after the date of this Ordinance shall be registered within a mouth of the opening of the school. Application for registration shall be made by the Manager to the Director, and such particulars shall be given as may be prescribed from time to time by Regulation under the Ordinance. 5. The proprietor of every school, other than a Government Appointment of •er־§school, which is not conducted by the proprietor shall notify Mana to the Director the appointment of some person connected with the school and resident in Palestine to be the responsible representative of the proprietor to whom any communication from the Government relating to the school may be addressed; and he shall at all times thereafter have a representative and shall notify the Director of any change either in the person or the address of his representative within 14 days after any such change is made. In default, the proprietor shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding LP.10. 6. —(1) The Director of the Department of Health and any Sanitary Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary Officer authorised in conditions of writing by him may at all reasonable times enter any school and inspect the sanitary and hygienic conditions in the school premises, and may require the Manager or the person for the time being in charge of the school to furnish returns showing the number of the teachers and pupils and the accommodation provided. (2) The Director may serve written notice on the Manager or the Proprietor of the school to carry out within three months of the date of the notice any requirement of a Medical or Sanitary Authority. (3) If it is shown to the satisfaction of the High Commissioner that after the term of such notice has expired the requirements have not been executed and the school is being conducted in sanitary conditions detrimental to the health of the teachers or pupils, the High Commissioner may by notice to be served on the Proprietor or Manager order the school to be closed as from the date specified in the notice. 7.—(1) The Director or Deputy Director, a District Com- Inspection and missioner, an Inspector of the Department of Education, and vlslt of schools any other officer authorised in writing by the Director, may at all reasonable times enter and inspect any school other than a non-assisted school established or maintained by a Religious Association. The Manager or the person for the time being in charge of the school shall during the inspection and at other times furnish, in such form as may be prescribed by Regulation hereunder, any information which the Director or the Inspecting 122 OFFICIAL GAZETTE 46th February, 1932 Officer may require with regard to the care, tuition and attendance of pupils, the general management of the school, and the names and qualifications of the teachers. (2) The Director or the Deputy Director may at any time after reasonable notice has been given to the Manager, visit any non-assisted