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Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions Prohibition of Capitation Fee Regulation of Admission Fixation of Non-Exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence Act, 2007
Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions Prohibition of Capitation Fee Regulation of Admission Fixation of Non-Exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence Act, 2007
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Applicability.
Section 23. Definitions.
Section 34. Admission Regulatory Committee.
Section 45. Collection of capitation fee prohibited.
Section 56. Fee Regulatory Committee.
Section 67. Factors for determination of fee.
Section 78. Maintenance of Accounts and Records.
Section 89. Determining factors for according recognition and conferring status as un-aided minority institution.
Section 910. Fees not to be collected excessively.
Section 1011. Qualifying examination.
Section 1112. Allocation and reservation of seats.
Section 1213. Manner of admission.
Section 1314. Admission made in contravention of this Act.
Section 1415. Higher Education Scholarship Fund.
Section 1516. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 1617. Power of the Government to issue directions.
Section 1718. Offences and penalties.
Section 1819. Compounding of offences.
Section 1920. Cognizance of offence.
Section 2021. Power to remove difficulties.
Section 2122. Saving of existing Admission Committee and Fee Regulatory Committee for determination of fee for the academic year 2007-08.
Section 2223. Power to make rules.
Section 23
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"title": "Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions Prohibition of Capitation Fee Regulation of Admission Fixation of Non-Exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence Act, 2007",
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"content": "(a) Unaided institutions affiliated to a University imparting education in degree, diploma and certificate courses.",
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"content": "(a) \"Admission Regulatory Committee\" means the committee constituted by the Government under section 4 for regulating admission in the institutions;\n(b) \"aided Institution\" means an institution receiving recurring financial aid or grant-in-aid from any Suite, Union territory, Central Government or the University Grants Commission, and includes a minority Institution, as may be specified by the Government;\n(c) \"capitation fees\" means any amount by whatever name called whether in cash or in kind paid or collected or received directly or indirectly, in addition to the fees determined under this Act;\n(d) \"common entrance test\" means the entrance test conducted for determination of merit of the candidates followed by centralized counselling for the purpose of merit based admission to an institution through a single window procedure by the designated agency;\n(e) \"Delhi\" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;\n(f) \"Delhi candidate\" means a candidate who has appeared or passed the qualifying examination from a recognised school or institution situated in Delhi;\n(g) \"designated agency\" means an agency, designated by the Government, for conducting the common entrance test and counseling for admissions in the institutions;\n(h) \"fee\" means all fees including tuition fee, development fee and any other fee fixed by the Fee Regulatory Committee;\n(i) \"Fee Regulatory Committee\" means the committee constituted by the Government under section 6 for determining the fee for admission to an institution;\n(j) \"Government\" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under article 239 and designated as such under article 239 AA of the Constitution;\n(k) \"Higher Education Scholarship Fund\" means the fund constituted under section 15, for providing scholarship to socially and economically backward students on merit-cum-means basis;\n(l) \"Institution\" means a college or institution, aided or unaided, affiliated to a University, imparting education in the following disciplines, namely; -\n(a) Engineering and Technology;\n(b) Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha, Nursing, Paramedical and the like;\n(c) Law and Legal Affairs;\n(d) Management;\n(e) Teachers Education;\n(f) any other discipline as may be notified by the Government;\n(m) \"management\" means any person or body by whatever name called, managing the administration of an institution;\n(n) \"management seat\" means a seat to be filled up by the management of an institution, in the manner as may be prescribed;\n(o) \"minority\" means a minority as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 (2 of 2005);\n(p) \"minority institution\" means an institution imparting professional education, established and administered by a minority;\n(q) \"minority seats\" mean seats allocated for the students belonging to the minority community, running the institution;\n(r) \"non-resident Indian seat\" means seat allocated for child or ward or dependant of a person of Indian origin residing outside India;\n(s) \"outside Delhi candidate\" means a candidate other than the Delhi candidate;\n(t) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(u) \"qualifying examination\" means the examination as may be prescribed as qualifying examination for the purposes of appearing in common entrance test;\n(v) \"seats\" mean sanctioned intake of an institution in each course of study notified by the Government;\n(w) \"single window system\" means the centralized system for admissions to institutions;\n(x) \"unaided institution\" means an institution other than an aided institution;\n(y) \"University\" means a university established under any law made by the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.",
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"content": "(a) A person retired from a post not less than the Secretary of the Government - Chairperson;\n(b) A doctor or an engineer of eminence - Member;\n(c) A person prominent in the field of education - Member;\n(d) One of the Vice Chancellors of a University or his representative - Member;\n(e) Secretary, Department of Technical Education - Member;\n(f) Secretary, Department of Health - Member\n(g) Secretary, Department of Higher Education - Member-Secretary (ex-officio);\n(h) Any other person as may be notified by the Government;\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavit; and\n(d) issuing commissions for the examinations of witnesses and for local inspections and any proceeding before such committee shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 193 and 228 and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860).",
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"content": "(i) A person retired from a post not less than the Secretary of the Government - Chairperson ;\n(ii) a Chartered Accountant of repute (to be nominated by the Chairperson) - Member;\n(iii) a representative of Medical Council of India or All India Council of Technical Education, depending on institution, as the case may be - Member,\n(iv) One of the Vice Chancellors of a University or his representative - Member;\n(v) Secretary, Department of Technical Education - Member;\n(vi) Secretary, Department of Health - Member;\n(vii) Secretary, Department of Higher Education - Member Secretary (ex-officio);\n(viii) Any other person as may be notified by the Government;\n(a) require each institution, to place before it, the proposed fee structure of such institution with all relevant documents and books of accounts for scrutiny well in advance of the commencement of the academic year, that is to say, not later than 31st December of the previous academic year;\n(b) verify the fee proposed by such institution, whether it is justified and it does not amount to profiteering or charging of capitation fee;\n(c) approve the fee structure or determine some other fee which can be charged by the institution.\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavit; and\n(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and for local inspections and any proceeding before such Committee shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purpose of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860).",
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"title": "7. Factors for determination of fee.",
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"content": "(a) the nature of the professional course;\n(b) the available infrastructure including allotment cost of land and opportunity cost of land if the land is owned by the institution at the time of its establishment;\n(c) the expenditure on administration and maintenance;\n(d) a reasonable surplus required for the growth and development of the college;\n(e) revenue to the institution from various sources associated with the education of students;\n(f) the excess funds generated from non-resident Indians, charity on the part of managements and contribution by the Government for providing free ship for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes students;\n(g) a reasonable surplus required for meeting any unforeseen contingencies that the institution may face and for the growth and development of the college;\n(h) any other factor as the Fee Regulatory Committee may deem fit or such other factors as may be prescribed.",
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"title": "9. Determining factors for according recognition and conferring status as un-aided minority institution.",
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"content": "(a) the population of the linguistic or religious minority community which runs the institution shall be lesser than fifty per cent of the total population of Delhi;\n(b) the number of institutions run by such linguistic or religious minority community in Delhi shall be proportionately lesser than the number of institutions run by the non-minority community;\n(c) the number of students belonging to such linguistic or religious minority community undergoing professional education in all professional colleges or institutions in Delhi shall be proportionately lesser than the number of students belonging to the non-minority community undergoing professional education in all professional colleges or institutions.",
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"title": "12. Allocation and reservation of seats.",
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"content": "(a) subject to the provisions of this Act, ten percent, of the total seats in an unaided institution shall be allocated as management seats;\n(b) eighty five percent of the total seats, except the management seats, shall be allocated for Delhi students and the remaining fifteen percent seats for the outside Delhi students or such other allocation as the Government may by notification in the official Gazette, direct;\n(c) supernumerary seats for non-resident Indians and any other category shall be as may be prescribed.\n(a) seventeen percent seats for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes category, one percent seats for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes category and such percentage of seats, for any other category including Other Backward Classes as may be prescribed;\n(b) for seats not mentioned as allocated for Delhi students in sub section(l), fifteen percent seats for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes category , seven and a half percent seats for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes category and such percentage of seats , for any other category as may be prescribed.\n(c) subject to clause (a) and clause (b) above,",
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"title": "13. Manner of admission.",
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"number": "14",
"title": "14. Admission made in contravention of this Act.",
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"number": "15",
"title": "15. Higher Education Scholarship Fund.",
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"title": "16. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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"number": "17",
"title": "17. Power of the Government to issue directions.",
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"title": "18. Offences and penalties.",
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"number": "19",
"title": "19. Compounding of offences.",
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"number": "20",
"title": "20. Cognizance of offence.",
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"number": "21",
"title": "21. Power to remove difficulties.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "22. Saving of existing Admission Committee and Fee Regulatory Committee for determination of fee for the academic year 2007-08.",
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"content": "(a) the existing Admission Committee and State Fee Regulatory Committee, constituted by the Government shall have the power to extend the date of submission of documents and books of accounts for scrutiny for the determination and fixation of fee for the year 2007-08 in such a way as to facilitate admissions in accordance with the provisions of this Act during the academic year 2007-08. The Fee Regulatory Committee shall be competent to fix the fee provisionally for the academic year 2007-08 subject to final adjustments later.\n(b) the fixation and levy of fees at the rates fixed by the Committee constituted before the date of coming into force of this Act shall be deemed to be validly fixed.",
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"number": "23",
"title": "23. Power to make rules.",
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"content": "(a) qualifying examination for the purposes of appearing in common entrance test under clause (u) of section 3;\n(b) allowances payable and terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and the members of the Admission Regulatory Committee under sub-section (9) of section 4;\n(c) allowances payable and terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and the members of the Fee Regulatory Committee under sub-section (11) of section 6;\n(d) other factors of determination of fee under clause (h) of section 7;\n(e) supernumerary seats for non-resident Indians or other categories under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(f) Percentage of seats for any other category including other backward classes under clause (a) of subsection (2) of section 12.\n(g) Percentage of seats to be reserved for the ward of defence personnel under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 12\n(h) manner of admission in institutions under section 13; manner of filling the management seats by the management of an institution under section 13;\n(i) Any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.",
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"Act Number": "(Delhi Act No. 8 of 2007)",
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"Act Year": "2007",
"Short Title": "Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions Prohibition of Capitation Fee Regulation of Admission Fixation of Non-Exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence Act, 2007",
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