6. Unlawful confinement
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Any person who unlawfully restrains any student or a member of the staff of an educational institution in such a manner as to prevent such student or member of the staff from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, shal!
be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.
Prohibition of Ragging and other forms of Violence 3
ragging
“ragging” means any act which causes or is likely to cause physicai or psychological injury or mental pain or fear to a student or a member of the staff of an educational institution;
in Educational Institutions Act, No. 20 of 1998