Rabindra Bharati Act, 1961
No: 29 Dated: Jan, 10 1962
THE RABINDRA BHARATI ACT, 1961
West Bengal Act XXIX of 1961
An Act to establish a University to perpetuate the memory of Rabindranath Tagore.
WHEREAS it is expedient to perpetuate the memory of Rabindranath Tagore and, to that end, to establish, on the occasion of his one hundredth birth anniversary, a University at his residential house in Calcutta for the advancement of learning and culture, particularly in the branches of music, the fine arts, dance and drama;
It is hereby enacted in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Rabindra Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal. Bharati Short title, extent and commencement.
(3) 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) "the Academy" means the Academy of -Dance, Drama and Music established and sponsored- by the Government of West Bengal and functioning at No. 6/4, Dwarkanath Tagore Lane in Calcutta ;
(b) " Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University ;
(c) "institution" includes a college, school, centre of culture, museum, library or any other organisation, by whatever name called, for training, instruction, research or study ;
(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 an institution means the Head of the institution by whatever designation he may be described or called;
(g) "Rabindra. Bharati Society" means the society, by whatever name called, which was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, under the name and style of Rabindra Bharati on the 15th January, 1947, having its office at No. 5, Dwarkanath Tagore Lane in Calcutta;
(h) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act;
(i) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Instructor, or any other person holding a teaching post in the University or an institution;
(j) "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; and
(k) "the University" means the University known as Rabindra Bharati established and incorporated under this Act.
CHAPTER II
The University
3. Establishment of the University:- (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish at the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta a University to be known as Rabindra Bharati, for the advancement of learning and culture, particularly in the branches of music, the fine arts, dance and drama.
(2) The first members of the University referred to in sub-section (2) of section 9 and all persons who may hereafter become members of the University shall, so long as they continue to be such members, constitute a body corporate by the name of Rabindra Bharati and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued by that name.