Gujarat University (Second Amendment) Act, 1978*
| [Gujarat Act No. 31 of 1978] | [28th September, 1978] |
An Act further to amend the Gujarat University Act, 1949.
It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
* (Received the assent of the Governor on 28th September, 1978 and published in the "Gujarat Government Gazette" on the 29th September, 1978)
1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Gujarat University (Second Amendment) Act, 1978.
2. Amendment of section 29 of Bom.L. of 1949.- In the Gujarat University Act, 1949 (Bom.L. of 1949) (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act") in section 29, after sub-section (1A), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
"(1B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and Statute 173 or any other Statutes of the University relating to the qualifications for enrollment as the students of the University, Statutes in Schedule III shall, on the commencement of the Gujarat University (Second Amendment) Act, 1978 (Guj. 31 of 1973), be deemed to be Statutes, providing for the qualifications for enrolment as students of the University, under section 42:
Provided that the Court shall be competent to amend, repeal or add to, any of these Statutes in the manner hereinafter provided at any time after the commencement of the said Act, subject however to the condition that no such Statute shall be amended, repealed, or added to, before the enrolment of the students of the University in the academic year immediately after such commencement".
3. Insertion of Schedule III in Bom.L. of 1949.- In the principal Act, after Schedule II, the following Schedule shall L be inserted, namely:-
"SCHEDULE III
[See section 29(1B)]
STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY
1. Definitions.- In these Statutes,-
(1) "Act" means the Gujarat University Act, 1949 (Bom.L. of 1949);
(2) "section" means a section of the Act;
(3) all words and expressions used herein and defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
2. Qualifications for enrolment as students of the University.- (1)(a) For admission to the Pre-University Class in the Faculties of arts and Commerce, and the First Year Class for Diploma in Fine Arts, a candidate shall have passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination in the Eleventh Standard conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto, in atleast seven subjects:
Provided that a candidate who has not offered Algebra-Geometry at the aforesaid Secondary School Certificate Examination shall not be permitted to offer mathematics at the Pre-University Arts Examination,
(b) For admission to the Pre-University Science Class and the First Year Class for Diploma in Pharmacy, a candidate shall have passed-
(i) the Secondary School Certificate Examination in the Eleventh Standard conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board in a the as seven subjects, out of which two subjects shall be-
(1) Algebra-Geometry and
(2) Physics-Chemistry or General Science; or
(ii) an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto:
Provided that he has passed that examination in subjects including-
(1) Algebra-Geometry and
(2) Physics-Chemistry or General Science.
(2)(a) For admission to the first Year B.A. Class, a candidate shall have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto.
(b) For admission to the First Year B.Sc. Class or the First Year B.E. Class or First Year B.Pharm. Class, a candidate shall have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination, with science group of subjects, conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto.
(c) For admission to the First Year B.Com. Class a candidate shall have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination with Commerce group of subjects, conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto.
(d) For admission to the First M.B.B.S. Class or the First B.D.S. Class, a candidate,-
(i) shall have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination with science group of subjects, conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto, and
(ii) shall, at the time of the admission, have completed the age of seventeen years or be of such age that he would complete that age on or before the 31st December of the year in which he is admitted to the First M.B.B.S. Class or, as the case may be, the First B.D.S. Class.
(3)(a) For admission to the First Year Diploma Course in Pharmacy, a candidate shall have passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination in the Tenth Standard with science group of subjects, conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto.
(b) For admission to the First Year Diploma Course in Fine Arts, a candidate shall have passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination in the Tenth Standard conducted by the Gujarat Secondary Education Board or an examination considered by the University as equivalent thereto".
4. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Gujarat University (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Guj. Ord. No. 4 of 1978) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act, as if this Act had come into force on the date on which the said Ordinance had come into force.