Burdwan University Act, 1959
No: 29 Dated: Apr, 19 1960
THE BURDWAN UNIVERSITY ACT, 1959.
West Bengal Act XXIX of 1959
An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching and affiliating University at Burdwan in West Bengal.
It is hereby enacted in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Burdwan University Act, 1959.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "college" means a college established, maintained, affiliated or recognised by the University and includes a college referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5;
(b) "constituent college" means a college recognised as such by the University;
(c) "district" means any of the districts of Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Hooghly or Purulia or any district which may be created in future out of any part or parts of one or more of the above mentioned districts;
(d) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of the Department of Education of the Government of -West Bengal;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act;
(f) "Principal" of a college means the head of the college by whatsoever designation he may be described or called ;
(g) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act,;
(h) "Teacher" means a Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Instructor, or any other person holding a teaching post in a college;
(i) "Teacher of the University" means a person appointed or recognised as such by the University, either wholetime or part time, for the purpose of imparting instruction in the University;
(j) "University" means the University of Burdwan constituted under this Act; and
(k) "year" means a period of twelve months beginning on the first day of June.
CHAPTER II
The University
3. The University:- (1) The first members of the University referred to in sub-section (2) of section 8 and all persons who may hereafter become members of the University shall, so long as they continue to be members, constitute a body corporate by the name of the University of Burdwan.
(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued in the name of the University of Burdwan.