The Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007

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    "title": "The Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 3 of 2008",
    "act_year": 2007,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "The Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Admission Committee\" means the Admission Committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 4;\n(b) \"aided college or institution\" means a professional educational college or institution, including the University, run or managed by the trust, society or association of persons or organisations, receiving financial aid or grant-in-aid from the State Government or the Central Government;\n(c) \"Common Entrance Test\" means the entrance test conducted for determination of merits of the candidates for the purpose of admission in the different professional courses;\n(d) \"Fee Regulatory Committee\" means the Fee Regulatory Committee constituted under Section 9;\n(e) \"Government college or institution\" means a professional educational college or institution run and managed by the State Government;\n(f) \"Government\" means the Government of Gujarat;\n(g) \"Government seats\" means-\n(i) all the seats of the professional courses in the Government colleges or institutions and in the aided colleges or institutions; and\n(ii) seventy-five per cent, seats of the professional courses of the total approved seats in the unaided colleges or institutions;\n(h) \"Management seats\" means twenty-five per cent, seats of the professional courses of the total approved seats in the unaided colleges or institutions including fifteen per cent. Non-Resident Indian seats;\n(i) \"Non-Resident Indian seats\" means fifteen per cent, seats reserved for children or wards or the dependents for the education purpose, of the Non-Resident Indian, to whom admission is to be given in the professional educational colleges or institutions;\n(j) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;\n(k) \"Professional courses\" means the courses conducted in any of the following discipline, namely:-\n(i) Medicine, Dentistry, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Physiotherapy and Nursing, and\n(ii) such other courses as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , declare;\n(l) \"Professional Educational College or Institution\" means a college or an institution including the University imparting professional courses by whatever name called, leading to the award of a degree or diploma approved or recognised by the competent statutory authority;\n(m) \"Unaided college or institution\" means a professional educational college or institution including the University not receiving the financial aid or grant-in-aid from the State Government or the Central Government.\n(n) \"University\" means a University established under a law made by the Legislature of the State.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Admission in professional educational colleges or institutions.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Constitution of Admission Committee.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Preparation of merit list for admission.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Admission to Government seats and management seats.",
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            "content": "(i) all the Government seats shall be filled on the basis of merit list prepared by the Admission Committee; and\n(ii) the management seats to be filled by the management of the respective professional educational college or institution shall be on the basis of inter-se merit list of the students to be admitted against the management seats:",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Minimum qualifying standard for admission.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Reservation in admission.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of Fee Regulatory Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) a retired judge of the High Court nominated by the State Government, who shall be the Chairperson;\n(ii) ex-Vice-Chancellor of a University, to be nominated by the State Government;\n(iii) the Commissioner of Health, Medical Services, Medical Education and Research, Gujarat State, or an officer of Health and Family Welfare Department holding equivalent post, to be nominated by the State Government ex-officio , who shall be the Member-Secretary of the Committee;\n(iv) one member representing unaided professional educational colleges or institutions, to be nominated by the State Government; and\n(v) a Chartered Accountant, to be nominated by the State Government;",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Powers of Fee Regulatory Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) require any unaided professional educational college or institutions to place before it the proposed fee structure for such college or institution alongwith all the relevant documents and the books of accounts;\n(b) verify whether the fee structure proposed by such college or institution is justified;\n(c) approve the fee structure for such college or institution or determine other fee structure which shall be charged by such college or institution for admission of students in the professional courses.\n(i) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath;\n(ii) requiring the discovery and production of any document;\n(iii) receiving evidence on affidavit; and\n(iv) issuing commission for examination of witnesses for local inspection;\n(b) An proceeding before such committee shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Sections 193 and 228 for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Factors for determination of fee.",
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            "content": "(a) the location of the professional educational college or institution;\n(b) the nature of professional course;\n(c) the available infrastructure;\n(d) the expenditure on administration and maintenance;\n(e) the reasonable surplus required for the growth and development of the institution; and\n(f) such other factors, as the Committee may decide or as directed by the State Government.\n(i) the tuition fees;\n(ii) library fees;\n(iii) laboratory fees;\n(iv) computer fees;\n(v) caution money; and\n(vi) such other fees, as the Committee may decide or as directed by the State Government.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Prohibition of capitation fee.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Other course of action for contravention of provisions of Act.",
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            "content": "(i) direct the concerned college or institution to admit the student as per the merit list in place of the student who has been admitted in contravention of the provisions of this Act;\n(ii) direct the concerned college or institution to refund the fee to the students so admitted in contravention of the provisions of this Act;\n(iii) recommend to the State Government, concerned University or the statutory authority for taking appropriate action against such college or institution.\n(i) direct the concerned college or institution to refund the fee so collected in excess of the fee determined by the Committee or the refund of capitation fee so collected;\n(ii) recommend to the State Government, concerned University or the statutory authority for taking appropriate action against such college or institution.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Penalties.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Cognizance of offence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Members of Committee, officers and employees to be public servant.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power of State Government to give directions.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Act to override other State laws.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Power of State Government to make rules.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to remove difficulties.",
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            "sort_order": 20
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj153",
        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 3 of 2008",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2007",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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