Kerala State Higher Education Council (Amendment) Act, 2018
No: 19 Dated: Jul, 05 2017
Kerala State Higher Education Council Act, 2007
THE KERALA STATE HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
ACT 19 OF 2018
An Act to amend the Kerala State Higher Education Council Act, 2007.
Preamble.—Wuereas, it is expedient to amend the Kerala State Higher Education Council Act, 2007, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala State Higher Education Council (Amendment) Act, 2018.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the Sth day of July, 2017.
2. Amendment of the preamble.— In the Kerala State Higher Education Council Act, 2007 (22 of 2007) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the preamble, in the first paragraph, for the word “experts”, the words and symbol “experts, teachers, students” shall be substituted.
3. Substitution of certain expressions by certain other expressions.-— In the principal Act, for the words “Advisory Council”, “Executive Council” and “Governing Council”, wherever they occur, the words “Advisory Body”, “Executive Body” and “Governing Body” shall, respectively, be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (s), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
“(sa) “RUSA” means the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha - Abhiyan, a centrally sponsored scheme for higher education;”.