Gauhati University Act, 1947
No: 16 Dated: Oct, 15 1947
Amendment:- Gauhati University (Amendment) Act, 2013
THE GAUHATI UNIVERSITY ACT, 1947
ASSAM ACT XVI OF 1947
Act to establish and constitute a teaching, residential and affiliating University at Gauhati
Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient to establish and constitute a teaching, residential and affiliating University at Gauhati and to dissolve the Gauhati University Trust Board, registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882, and to transfer to and vest in the said University all property and rights now vested in the said Trust Board ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :—-
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Gauhati University Act, 1947.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct.
(3) The Gauhati University Trust Board shall be dissolved and all properties and rights now vested in the said Trust Board shall be transferred to and vest in the said University on such date as this Act may come into force.
(4) From the date on which this Act comes into force, the Calcutta University as constituted under the Indian Universities Act of 1904, and Act the Dacca Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education as appointed VIII by the Government of Bengal in their Resolution No. 1011-Education of 1921, shall cease to exercise their jurisdiction over the educational institutions recognised by the Government of Assam and the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the Calcutta University and the Dacca Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, shall not be operative in so far as they relate to such institutions and the Gauhati University shall exercise authority and jurisdiction over all such educational institutions from the aforesaid date
2. Definitions:- In this Act and in the Statutes, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:
(a) “College” means any College or Institution maintained or admitted to privileges by the University.
(b) “Council” means the University Council.
(c) “Court” means the University Court.
(d) “Faculty” means a Faculty of the University.
(e) “Government” means the Government of Assam.
(f) “Hall” means a unit of residence for the students of the University maintained or recognised by the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(g) “Patron of the University” means a person who has made a donation of not less than Rs.1,00,000 to the funds of the University and has been declared by the Chancellor to be ' a patron of the University.
(h) “Principal” means the head of a College, and includes, where there is no Principal, the person for the time being d ety appointed to act as Principal, and, in the absence of the Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such.
(i) “Registered Graduate” means a graduate registered under the provisions of this Act.
( j) “Statutes” , “Ordinances” and “Regulations” mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University made under this Act.
(k) “Teachers” includes Professors, Readers, Lecturers and other persons imparting instruction in the University or in any. College or Hall.
(l) “Teachers of the University” means persons appointed or recognised by the University under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of imparting instruction in the University or any College.
(m) “University” means the Gauhati University.
(n) “Warden” means the head of a Hall.
Amendment:- Gauhati University (Amendment) Act, 1960