Victoria.

An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Education.

[17th December, 1872.

Four hours' Secular Instruction to be given.

12. In every State school secular instruction only shall be given, and no teacher shall give any other than secular instruction in any State school building, and in every school used under this Act not being a training school, night school, rural school, or other special school, four hours at least shall be set apart during each schoolday for secular instruction alone, and of such four hours two shall be before noon, two after noon, which shall in each case be consecutive; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the State school buildings from being used for any purpose on days and at hours other than those used for secular instruction.