2. Definitions.

(1) "affiliated college" means a college affiliated under Section 5 or 35;
(2) "approved institution" means an institution approved under Section 38;
[(2A) "autonomous college" means a college which exercises the powers conferred on it under Section 42A;
(2B) "autonomous recognised institution" means a recognised institution which exercises the powers conferred on it under Section 42A;
(2C) "autonomous University Department" means a University Department which exercises the powers conferred on it under Section 42A;]
(3) "college" means a degree college or an affiliated college teaching any of the courses [leading to a diploma or degree] ;
(4) "degree college" means an affiliated college which is authorised to submit its students to an examination qualifying for any degree of the University;
(5) "department" means a department designated as such by Ordinances with reference to a subject or a group of subjects;
(6) "head master" means the head of a Secondary School;
(7) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognised by the University under this Act;
(8) "Principal" means the head of a college;
(9) "recognised institution" means an institution recognised under Section 37;
(10) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under the provisions of this Act;
(11) "secondary school" means a secondary school registered or deemed to have been registered under Section 31 of the Gujarat Secondary Education Act, 1972 (Gujarat 18 of 1973);
(12) "secondary teachers" means such class of teachers imparting instruction in secondary schools as may be declared to be secondary teachers by the Statutes;
(13) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act and for the time being in force;
[(13A) "student" means a person studying in a college or a University Department;]
(14) "teachers" means professors, readers, lecturers and such other persons imparting instruction in the University or a University college, or an affiliated college or a recognised institution or an approved institution, as may be declared to be teachers by the Statutes;
[(15) "teachers of the University" means teachers appointed by the University for imparting instruction in the University Department;]
(16) "University" means [Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University] constituted under this Act;
(17) "University area" means the areas specified in Schedule I;
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(19) "University college" means a college transferred to the University under Section 67 and maintained by it or a college which the University may establish or maintain under this Act;
(20) "University department" means any post-graduate or research institution or department maintained by the University.
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