Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In the principal Act, after Section 42. the following shall be inserted as Section 42A, 42BZ and 42C, namely :— 950 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 29, 1975 "42A(I) If at any time it appears _ to be necessary and expedient in the opinion of the State Government, the State Govern ment may with the prior consultation with the Chancellor, by a notification published in the official Gazette, suspend all or any of the powers of the University as pres cribed in Section 5 of the Gauhati Univer sity Act and other powers as may be ancil lary to such powers of management, func tions of such authorities or officers inclu ding holding conduct and superintendence of and arrangement and appointment of any person or authority in connection with any or more examinations or publication of the result of any such examination or examina tions or to any matter incidental thereto for such period as may be specified in the noti fication and may be exercised by the State Government if and when necessary during such period, in such manner and through such officers or authority as may be con sidered fit by the State Government. (2) The provisions of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations framed under this Act re lating to any one or more preceding sub section may be amended for any of the pur poses mentioned therein in such manner as may be decided by the State Govern ment with the prior consultation with the Chancellor and shall take effect accord ingly for the purposes of exercising the powers under the preceding sub-section. (3) The State Government may constitute an Advisory Committee consisting of at least 3 persons who, in the opinion of the State Government are eminent educationists for advising the State Government in the mat ter of discharging the powers, duties, func tions and responsibilities in respect of which such powers are taken over by the State Government under sub-section (1) of this Section. (4) All Actions taken under the preceding sub-sections and all examinations held and all results of any such examinations publis hed and all other actions taken under this Section shall be deemed to have been taken, held or published in accordance with the THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 29, 1975 95j provisions of this Act and shall take effect iccordingly. (5) If for exercising the powers under the preceding sub-section any difficulty arises in giving effect to any one or more of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations fra med thereunder, the State Government may in consultation with the Chancellor by order remove such difficulty as may appear to be necessary for the purpose of exercising those powers. Saving. 14 42. g Notwithstanding anything ^.con- tained in this Act any decision given, order made, anything done, any action taken or any proce edings commenced under any of the provisions of the Act or Rules, Statutes, Regulations in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall, in so far as they are not inconsis tent with the provision of this Act, continue in force and shall be deemed to have been given, made, done or taken, commenced under the provisions of this Act. Interpreta tion. arises as provisions