Kalyani University Act, 1960
No: 13 Dated: Jun, 22 1960
THE KALYANI UNIVERSITY ACT, 1960
West Bengal Act XIII of 1960
An Act to establish and incorporate a University at Kalyani in West Bengal.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a University at Kalyani in the State of West Bengal for providing facilities for the study of humanities and sciences generally, and agricultural, veterinary and the allied sciences in particular, and for conducting researches in those sciences for the benefit of the rural anc. other areas in the State of West Bengal;
It is hereby enacted in the Eleventh 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 Kalyani University Act, 1960.
(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 requires otherwise,—
(a) "agriculture" includes the basis and applied sciences relating to crop and livestock production, soil and water management and all matters connected therewith or incidental therato ;
(b) "college" means a constituent college which has been established or recognized as such by the University under this Act;
(c) "Minister" means the Minister in charge of the Department of Education, Government of West Bengal;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes,. Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act;
(e) "Principal" means the head of a college by whatever designation he may be described;
(f) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act;
(g) "Teacher" means a person appointed as such by the University or a college, either whole time or part time, for the purpose of imparting instruction or conducting and guiding research or experimental work and includes a professor, assistant professor, reader, lecturer and any other person holding a teaching post and also a person who may be declared by the Statutes to be a Teacher;
(h) "University" means the University of Kalyani constituted under this Act; and
(i) "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 (3) of section 8 and all other 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 Kalyani.
(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued in the name of the University of Kalyani.