THE DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978

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    "title": "THE DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978",
    "short_title": "The Dibrugarh University (Amendment) Act, 1978",
    "act_number": "XVIII",
    "act_year": 1978,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1978-12-20",
    "description": "The Dibrugarh University (Amendment) Act, 1978",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "further to amend the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965.\n\nPreamble. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Dibrugarh University Act, 1965, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act VIII of 1965.",
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            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Dibrugarh University (Amendment) Act, 1978.",
            "footnote": "Short title and commencement.",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In the principal Act, in Section 32, in clause (f),-",
            "footnote": "Amendment of Section 32 of Assam Act VIII of 1965.",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(i)",
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            "content": "(i) in the first proviso, towards the end, the portion beginning with the words \"No new Colleges\" and ending with the words \"affiliate new Pre-University Class or College\" shall be substituted by the words \"No New Pre-Degree or Degree College shall, be given permission or affiliation or no such college shall be given permission or affiliation to introduce new subject or faculty by the University without prior concurrence of the State Government\";",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(ii)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(ii) the second proviso shall be substituted by the following, namely -\n\"Provided further that the State Government may at any time vest the existing powers of the Executive Council of the University of conducting Pre-Degree Examination in the Board of Secondary Education with effect from such date as may be notified by the State Government.\"",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. (1) The Dibrugarh University (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Assam Ordinance No III of 1978) is hereby repealed.",
            "footnote": "Repeal and Saving.",
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            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "197818",
        "Act Number": "XVIII",
        "Enactment Date": "1978-12-20",
        "Act Year": "1978",
        "Short Title": "The Dibrugarh University (Amendment) Act, 1978",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam",
        "Law Status": "Valid"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:36"
}