Bihar Private Universities Act, 2013

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    "title": "Bihar Private Universities Act, 2013",
    "short_title": "Bihar Private Universities Act, 2013",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 20 of 2013)",
    "act_year": 2013,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Private Universities Act, 2013",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"AICTE\" means All India Council of Technical Education established under All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987;\n(b) \"BBOSE\" means Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination.\n(c) \" \"Hostel\" CSIR\" means the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, a funding agency of the Government of India;\n(d) \"DEC\" means the Distance Education Council established under section 28 of Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985; and Nalanda Open University, Bihar.\n(e) \"Distance Education\" means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes and any other such methodology;\n(f) \"DST\" means the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India;\n(g) \"Employee\" means a person appointed by the University to work in the University, colleges, institutions or study center sand includes teachers, officers (other than the Visitor) and other employees of the University;\n(h) \"Fee\" means collection made by the University from the students by whatever name it may be called, which is not refundable;\n(i) \"Government\" means the State Government of Bihar;\n(j) \"Higher Education\" means study of a curriculum or course for the pursuit of knowledge beyond 10+2 level;\n(k) \"Hostel\" means a place of residence for the students of the University, or its colleges, institutions or centers, maintained or recognized to be as such by the University;\n(l) \"ICAR\" means the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;\n(m) \"MCI\" means Medical Council of India, Delhi;\n(n) \"NAAC\" means the National Council of Assessment and Accreditation, Bangalore\n(o) \"NCTE\" means the National Council of Teacher Education, Delhi;\n(p) \"off campus centre\" means a centre of the University established by it outside the main campus operated and maintained as its constituent unit, having the University’s complement of facilities, faculty and staff;\n(q) \"PCI\" means Pharmaceutical Council of India, Delhi;\n(r) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(s) \"Regulating body\" means a body established by the Government of India for laying down norms and conditions for ensuring academic standards of higher education and Technical education, such as UGC, AICTE, NCTE, MCI, PCI, NAAC, ICAR, DEC, CSIR etc. and includes the State Government;\n(t) \"Rules\" means the rules made under this Act;\n(u) \"Schedule\" means the Schedule to this Act;\n(v) \"Sponsoring body\" in relation to a University established under this Act means -\n(i) a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;\n(ii) any public trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882;\n(w) \"Statutes\", \"Ordinances\" and \"Regulations\" mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act ;\n(x) \"student of the University\" means a person enrolled in the University for taking a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction duly recognised by the University, including a research degree;\n(y) \"study centre\" means a centre established and maintained or recognized by the University for the purpose of advising, counselling or for rendering any other assistance required by the students in the context of distance education;\n(z) \"teacher\" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or any other person required to impart education or to guide research or to render guidance in any other form to the students for pursuing a course of study of the University, who is so designated under this Act.\n(za) \"UGC\" means the University Grants Commission, established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;\n(zb) \"Private University\" means a University established and incorporated under section 6 of this Act.",
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            "title": "3. Objects of the University.",
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            "content": "(1) to provide instructions, teaching and training in Higher Education and make provisions for research, advancement and dissemination of knowledge;\n(2) to create higher levels of intellectual abilities\n(3) to establish state of the art facilities for education and training;\n(4) to carry out teaching and research and offer continuing education programmes;\n(5) to create centre so excellence for research and development and for sharing knowledge and its application;\n(6) to establish campus in Bihar and to have study centers at different places within its jurisdiction;\n(7) to establish examination centres;\n(8) to institute degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on the basis of examination, or any such other method;\n(9) to ensure that the standard of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions are not lower than those laid down by AICTE, NCTE, UGC, MCI, Pharmacy Council, and other similar agency/ agencies established by the Government o f India for regulation of Higher education and Technical education;\n(10) to open study centers within its jurisdiction;\n(11) to set up off campus centre within and out of the State, subject to the permission of the regulatory bodies under any law made by the Parliament and any regulation, rules etc. made by the regulating bodies;\n(12) to pursue any other objective as may be approved by the Government.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Submission of proposal for establishment of a University and its evaluation.",
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            "content": "(a) the details of the sponsoring body alongwith the copies of its registration certificate, constitution and bye-laws;\n(b) the information regarding financial resources of the sponsoring body alongwith audited accounts for the past three years;\n(c) the name, location and headquarters of the proposed University;\n(d) the objectives of the University;\n(e) the availability of land and details of buildings and infrastructure facilities, if already exist and details of land, building and other infrastructure proposed to be owned or created as required under the provisions of this Act;\n(f) availability of academic facilities including teaching and nonteaching staff, if any, at the disposal of sponsoring body;\n(g) the nature and the type of programmes of study and research proposed to be undertaken by the University and their relevance to the development goals and employment needs of the State and phasing of such programmes over the first five years with course-wise enrolment targets;\n(h) the nature of facilities, courses of study and research proposed to be started;\n(i) the experience and expertise in the concerned disciplines at the command of the sponsoring body;\n(j) the details of plans for campus development such as construction of buildings, development of structural amenities and infrastructure facilities and procurement of equipment etc. to be under taken before the University starts functioning and phased programme for the first five years;\n(k) the phased outlays of capital expenditure proposed for the next five years and its sources of finance;\n(l) the scheme for mobilizing resources and the cost of capital thereto and the manner of repayment to such sources;\n(m) the scheme for the generation of funds.\n(n)the system proposed to be followed for selecting students for admission to the courses of study at the University;\n(o) the system proposed to be followed for appointment of teachers and other employees in the University;\n(p) whether the University is desirous of taking up distance education programme. If so, details of study centres proposed to be started;\n(q) whether the University proposes to undertakes ome programmes related to local needs. If so, the nature of specialized teaching, training or research activities to be undertaken by the University so as to fulfill this objective;\n(r) whether the University proposes to start some programmes for the benefit of farmers, women and industries. If so, details there of may be given;\n(s) details of play grounds and other facilities available or proposed to be created for games and sports and extra curricular activities like National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, Scouts and Guides etc;\n(t) the arrangements proposed to be made for academic auditing;\n(u) commitment to follow the norms of the regulating bodies;\n(v) such other details as the sponsoring body may like to give;\n(w) such other details as may be prescribed.\n(x) Commitment to follow the Reservation policy of the Govt. of Bihar.\n(i) One Vice Chancellor of any of the State Universities,\n(ii) An expert having at least five years of experience as Professor of a University, and\n(iii) One Finance Member having five years of experience in the field of Public Finance, Institutional Finance, Government Account or Commercial Account to examine the proposal and the project report.\n(a) financial liability soundness and assets of the sponsoring body and its ability to set up the infrastructure of the proposed University;\n(b) background of the sponsoring body, that is to say, its expertise and experience in the field of education, its general reputation etc. and its commitment to follow the norms of the regulating bodies;\n(c) potentiality of the courses proposed to be offered, that is to say, the courses are able to develop the human resources as per the requirements of contemporary demands, the courses have new features and include emerging branches of learning;",
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            "title": "5. Issuance of the letter of intent and compliance report.",
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            "content": "(i) establish an endowment fund in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of this Act;\n(ii) own a minimum of ten acres of land outside municipal area or 5 acres within municipal area, or such land as per norms of regulating body; if not already available;\n(iii) construct a minimum of 10,000 square meters of covered space\n(iv) purchase books and journals of atleast rupees 10 lacs or as per the norms of regulating bodies,whichever is higher, and give undertaking to invest within the first three years not less than rupees 50 lacs or as per the norms of regulating bodies, whichever is higher, on books, journals, computers, library networking and other facilities so as to make the library facilities adequate for contemporary teaching and research;\n(v) purchase equipments, computers, furniture, other movable &immovable assets and infrastructure facilities (other than buildings, referred to in clause(iii) above) worth rupees 20 lacs or as per the norms of regulating bodies, whichever is higher, and give undertaking to procure within the first five years equipments,computers,furniture,other movable and immovable assets and infrastructure facilities(other than buildings, referred to in clause(iii) above) worth not less than rupees one crore or as per the norms of regulating bodies, whichever is higher;\n(vi) give undertaking to appoint at least 1 Professor, 2 Readers and adequate number of Lecturers along with necessary supporting staff in each department or discipline to be started by the University or as per norms of the regulating body;\n(vii) give undertaking to take up co-curricular activities like seminars, debates, quiz programmes and extracurricular activities like games, sports, National Service Scheme, National Cadet Corps, Scouts and Guides etc. for the benefit of students as per the norms laid down by the regulating bodies\n(viii) give undertaking for establishment of provident fund and to take up welfare programmes for the employees of the University; and\n(ix) fulfill such other conditions and provide such other information as may be prescribed by the University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education or any other statutory body established by the law of the Union or State Government.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Establishment of the University.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Incorporation of the University.",
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            "title": "8. University to be self-financed.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Requirement of land.",
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            "content": "(i) a minimum of 10 acres of land outside the municipal limits; or\n(ii) a minimum of 5 acres of land within the municipal limits.",
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            "title": "10. No power to affiliate any college or institution.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Endowment Fund.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. General Fund.",
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            "content": "(a) fees and other charges received by the University;\n(b) any contributions made by the sponsoring body;\n(c) any income received from consultancy and other work undertaken by the University in pursuance of its objectives;\n(d) trusts, bequests, donations, endowments and any other grants; and\n(e) all other sums received by the University.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Application of General Fund.",
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            "content": "(a) for the repayment of debts including interest charges thereto incurred by the University for the purposes of this Act and the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and rules made thereunder;\n(b) to upkeep of the assets of the University;\n(c) for the payment of the cost of audit of the funds created under sections 11 and 12;\n(d) for the meeting expenses of any suit or proceedings to which University is a party ;\n(e) for the payment of salaries and allowances of the officers and employees of the University and members of the teaching and research staff, and for payment of any Provident Fund contributions, gratuity and other benefits to any such officers and employees, and members of the teaching and research staff as may be prescribed;\n(f) for the payment of travelling and other allowances of the members of the Governing Body, the Board of Management, the Academic Council, and other authorities so declared under the Statutes of the University and of the members of any committee appointed by any of the authorities or by the Chairperson of the sponsoring body or the Vice-Chancellor, as the case may be, of the University in pursuance of any provision of this Act, or the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made thereunder;\n(g) for the payment of fellowships, free ships, scholarships, assistance ship and other awards to students belonging to economically weaker sections of the society or research associates or trainees, as the case may be, or to any student otherwise eligible for such awards under the Statues, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made under the provisions of this Act;\n(h) for the payment of any expenses incurred by the University in carrying out the provision soft his Actor the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made thereunder;\n(i) for the payment of cost of capital, not exceeding the prevailing bank rates of interest, incurred by the sponsoring body for setting up the University and the investments made therefor;\n(j) for the payment of charges and expenditure relating to the consultancy work under taken by the University in pursuance of the provisions of this Act and the rules, Statutes or Ordinances made thereunder;\n(k) for the payment of any other expenses including service fee payable to any organization charged with the responsibility of providing any specific service, including the managerial services to the University, on behalf of the sponsoring body, as approved by the Board of Management to be an expense for the purposes of the University:",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Officers of the University.",
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            "content": "(1) the Visitor;\n(2) the Chancellor;\n(3) the Vice-Chancellor;\n(4) the Registrar;\n(5) the Chief Finance and Accounts Officer;\n(6) such other officers as may be declared by the Statutes to be the officers of the University.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. The Visitors.",
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            "content": "(a) to call for any paper or information relating to the affairs of the University;\n(b) on the basis of the information received by the Visitor, if he is satisfied that any order, proceeding, or decision taken by any authority of the University is not in conformity with the provisions of this Act or Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and rules made thereunder, he may issue such directions as he may deem fit in the interest of the University and the directions so issued shall be complied with by the University.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. The Chancellor.",
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            "content": "(a) to call for any information or record;\n(b) to appoint the Vice-Chancellor;\n(c) to remove the Vice-Chancellor in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (7) of section 17;\n(d) such other powers as may be prescribed by the Statutes",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. The Vice-Chancellor.",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. The Registrar.",
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            "title": "19. The Chief Finance and Accounts Officer.",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Other Officers.",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Authorities of the University.",
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            "content": "(1) the Governing Body;\n(2) the Board of Management;\n(3) the Academic Council;\n(4) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the University.",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. The Governing Body.",
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            "content": "(a) the Chancellor;\n(b) the Vice-Chancellor;\n(c) five persons nominated by the sponsoring body out of whom two shall be eminent educationists;\n(d) one expert of management or information technology from outside the University, nominated by the Chancellor; and\n(e) one expert of finance, nominated by the Chancellor.\n(a) to provide general superintendence and directions and to control functioning of the University by using all such powers as are provided by this Act or the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made thereunder;\n(b) to review the decisions of other authorities of the University in case they are not in conformity with the provisions of this Act or the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made thereunder;\n(c) to approve the budget and annual report of the University;\n(d) to lay down the extensive policies to be followed by the University;\n(e) to recommend to the sponsoring body about the voluntary liquidation of the University if a situation arises when smooth functioning of the University does not remain possible, in spite of all efforts;\n(f) such other powers as may be prescribed by the Statutes.",
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            "title": "23. The Board of Management.",
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            "content": "(a) the Vice-Chancellor;\n(b) two members of the Governing Body, nominated by the sponsoring body;\n(c) three persons, who are not the members of the Governing Body, nominated by the sponsoring body;\n(d) three persons from amongst the teachers, nominated by the sponsoring body;\n(e) Two teachers, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.",
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            "title": "24. The Academic Council.",
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            "title": "25. Other Authorities.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Disqualification for membership of an authority or body.",
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            "content": "(a) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n(b) is an undischarged insolvent;\n(c) has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;\n(d) is conducting or engaging himself in private coaching classes; or\n(e) has been punished for indulging in or promoting unfair practice in the conduct of any examination, in any form, anywhere.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Vacancies not to invalidate the proceedings of any authority or body of the University.",
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            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Filling up of emergent vacancies.",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Committees.",
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. The First Statutes.",
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            "content": "(a) the constitution, powers and functions of the authorities and other bodies of the University as may be constituted from time to time;\n(b) the terms and conditions of appointment of the Vice-Chancellor and his powers and functions;\n(c) the manner and terms and conditions of appointment of the Registrar and Chief Finance and Accounts Officer and their powers and functions;\n(d) the manner and terms and conditions of appointment of other officers and teachers and their powers and functions;\n(e) the terms and conditions of service of employees of the University;\n(f) the procedure for arbitration in case of disputes between officers, teachers, employees and students;\n(g) the conferment of honorary degrees;\n(h) provisions regarding the policy of admissions, including regulation of reservation of seats;\n(i) provisions regarding number of seats in different courses.",
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Subsequent Statutes.",
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            "content": "(a) creation of new authorities of the University;\n(b) accounting policy and financial procedure;\n(c) representation of teachers in the authorities of the University;\n(d) creation of new departments and abolition or restructuring of existing department;\n(e) institution of medals and prizes;\n(f) creation of posts and procedure for abolition of posts;\n(g) alteration of the number of seats in different syllabi; and\n(h) all other matters which under the provisions of this Act are to be prescribed by the Statutes.",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. The First Ordinances.",
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            "content": "(a) the admission of students to the University and their enrolment as such;\n(b) the courses of study to be laid down for the degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University;\n(c) the award of the degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions, the minimum qualifications for the same and the means to be taken relating to the granting and obtaining of the same;\n(d) the conditions for award of fellowships, scholarships, stipends, medals and prizes;\n(e) the conduct of examinations, including the terms of office and manner of appointment and the duties of examining bodies, examiners and moderators;\n(f) the conditions of residence of the students of the University;\n(g) provision regarding disciplinary action against the students;\n(h) the creation, composition and functions of any other body which is considered necessary for improving the academic life of the University;\n(i) the manner of co-operation and collaboration with other Universities and institutions of higher education;\n(j) all other matters which by this Actor Statutes made thereunder are required to be provided by the Ordinances.",
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Subsequent Ordinances.",
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            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Regulations.",
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            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Admissions.",
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Fee structure.",
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            "content": "(i) One fifth of twenty-five percent shall be granted full fee concession;\n(ii) two fifth of the twenty five percent shall be granted fifty percent fee concession;\n(iii) the balance two-fifth of the twenty five percent shall be granted twenty five percent fee concession.\n(a) sufficient for-\n(i) generating resources for meeting the recurring expenditure of the University; and\n(ii) the savings required for the further development of the University;\n(b) not unreasonably excessive, it may approve the fee structure.",
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            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Examination.",
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            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Declaration of result.",
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            "title": "39. Convocation.",
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            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Accreditation of the University.",
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            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. University to follow rules, regulations, norms, etc. of the regulating bodies.",
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            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Annual Report.",
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            "number": "43",
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            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Powers of the State Government to inspect the University.",
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            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Dissolution of the University by the Sponsoring Body.",
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            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Special powers of the State Government in certain circumstances.",
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            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any such document or any other material as may be predicable in evidence;\n(c) requisitioning any public record from any Court or office; and\n(d) any other matter which may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the manner of making proposal to establish University and the fees payable under sub-section (1) of section 4;\n(b) other particulars to be contained in the Project Report under sub-section (2) of section 4;\n(c) matter to be prescribed under clause(d) of sub-section(4) of section 46;\n(d) other matters which are required to be, or may be, prescribed by rules under this Act.",
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