Section 20C. Powers and functions of Committee.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the Committee for Fixation and Regulation of Fee of Private Schools shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed by the Government to ensure that the private schools are not indulging in commercialisation of education and undue profiteering. (2) The Government may by notification, delegate any of the powers vested in the Committee for Fixation and Regulation of Fee of Private Schools to the Chairperson of the said Committee, to the extent as may be prescribed. (3) Orders passed by the Committee for Fixation and Regulation of Fee of Private Schools shall be deemed to have been duly passed by a public servant and its violation or non-compliance shall amount to disobedience under the provisions of section 188 of Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).