Age of retirement

66.-(1) Every male teacher on the Permanent Staff Register who attains the age of sixty years and every female teacher on the Permanent Staff Register who attains the age of fifty-five years after the coming into operation of this Law shall retire and cease to be a teacher on the Permanent Staff Register, and the name of such teacher shall be removed from the Permanent Staff Register:

Provided that if-

(a) any male teacher attains the age of sixty years, or

(b) any female teacher attains the age of fifty-five years, after the commencement but before the end of the school year in which the teacher is employed, such teacher may, with the permission of the Director, continue to be employed as, and receive the salary of, a teacher and the name of such teacher shall remain on the Permanent Staff Register until the end of such school year as if such teacher had not attained such age, and the service of such teacher during any period of such continued employment shall be treated as service under this Law and shall be taken into account in the computation of any gratuity, benevolent grant or additional grant:

Provided further that the Governor may, at any time require or permit any female teacher on the Permanent Staff Register who becomes married to retire and cease to be a teacher on such register and thereupon the name of such teacher shall be removed from the Permanent Staff Register.

(2) The Director may at any time require any teacher on the Permanent Staff Register to produce to him proof of age in such form as may be prescribed by the Governor, and the name of any teacher who shall fail to produce such proof to the satisfaction of the Director may, with the sanction of the Governor, be removed from the Permanent Staff Register.

(3) Every female teacher on the Permanent Staff Register shall, on becoming married, forthwith notify the fact to the Director.