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8. 1. If a candidate obtained 33 1/3 per cent to 39 per cent in an official language First Language Higher Grade, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 40 per cent in that First Language Standard Grade and if a candidate obtained 30 to 33 per cent in an official First Language Higher Grade, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 33 1/3 per cent in that First Language Standard Grade: Provided that –

a. a candidate who offered two official languages at the First Language Higher Grade level and obtained between 33 1/3 per cent and 39 per cent in one of such two subjects shall be deemed to have passed with 40 per cent in that language on the Second Language Higher Grade level; and
b. a candidate who offered two official languages on the First Language Higher Grade level and obtained 30 per cent to 33 per cent in one of such two subjects shall be deemed to have passed with 33 1/3 per cent in that language on the second language Higher Grade level.

2. If a candidate obtained 33 1/3 per cent to 39 per cent in German First Language Higher Grade, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 40 per cent in German Third Language Higher Grade and if a candidate obtained 30 per cent to 33 per cent in German First Language Higher Grade, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 33 1/3 per cent in German Third Language Standard Grade.

3. If a candidate obtained 33 1/3 per cent to 39 per cent in any Higher Grade subject other than those mentioned in subparagraphs 1 and 2, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 40 per cent in that subject on the Standard Grade and if a candidate obtained 30 per cent to 33 per cent in such a Higher Grade subject, he or she shall be deemed to have passed with 33 1/3 per cent in that subject on the Standard Grade.

4. Subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall also apply in cases where no official examination was offered in that subject on the Standard Grade.

5. Subject to paragraph 7 the actual marks which were obtained in the subject at the level on which the candidate sat the examination in that subject shall be included in the aggregate.