National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998
No: 13 Dated: Jun, 26 1998
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998
(Act No. 13 of 1998)
An Act to declare the institution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Declaration of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research as an institution of national importance.—Whereas the objects of the institution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), District Ropar, Punjab are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that the institution known as the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the date of establishment of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research under sub-section (1) of section 4;
(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (3) of section 4;
(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Institute nominated under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section (4);
(d) “Dean” means the Dean of the Institute appointed under section 17;
(e) “Director” means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 16;
(f) “Fund” means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 21;
(g) “Institute” means a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research established under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2A) of section 4;
(h) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 13;
(i) “Society” means the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Society, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), District Ropar, Punjab registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860);
(j) “Statutes” and “Ordinances” mean the Statutes and the Ordinances of the Institute made under this Act.