Section 5

Every parent shall, if his child is a child of compulsory religious school age on the first day of January of the current school year, ensure that his child is enrolled as a pupil in a religious school in that year and remains as such for the duration of the compulsory religious education.

A parent who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

In subsection (1), “duration of the compulsory religious education” means the duration of religious education provided in a religious school which is designed for 7 years but may be completed between 7 and 8

years.

Exemption.