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The Government may by notification in the official Gazette, constitute a Fund to be called the Technical Education Scholarship Fund', for providing scholarship to the socially and economically backward students admitted in the institution, on merit-cum-means basis, Auimssion made contravent ion of this Act. Technical Education Scholarship Fund. 12 Protection of 16. No suit., prosecution or other legal proceedings shall action taken in lie against any member of the Admission Regulatory good faith. Committee or Fee Regulatory Committee or any other officer of the Government or University for anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in good faith under this Act. Power of the 17. The Government or any other officer specially Government to empowered in this behalf by the Government may. from issue directions. time to time, by order. issue such directions. consistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, to any institution, as in its opinion arc necessary OT expedient for. carrying out the purposes of this Act or give effe*ct to any of the provisions contained therein or in any rules or orders made thereunder and the management of the institution shall comply with every such direction. Offences and 18. Without prejudice to the penalty specified in any penalties other law for the time being in force, whoever contravenes the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, on conviction be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or, with tine which may extend to one erore rupees, or with both. Compounding of 19. (I) Any offence punishable under section 18 may be offences. compounded by such officer or body as may be specially authorised by the Government in this behalf, either before. or after the institution Of the ptosecution. on payment for credit to the Government of such sum as the such officer or body may impose: Provided that such sum shall not, in any case, be less than five lakh rupees and, exceed the maximum amount of the fine which maybe imposed under this Act for the offence so compounded: Provided further that in the event of charging of excessive fee by the institution than the notified fee, the amount of compounding fee'shall not be less than double the amount of fee excessively charged or five lakh rupees, whichever is higher. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to a person Who commits the same or similar offence within a period of three years from the date on which the first offence committed by him was compounded. Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, any second or 13 subsequent offence committed after the expiry of a period of three years from the date on which the offence was previously compounded, shall be deemed to be a first offence. (3) Where an offence has been compounded under sub- section (1), no proceeding or further proceeding, as the case may be, shall be taken against the offender in respect of the offence so compounded, and the offender, if in custody, shall be discharged forthwith. Coenieence of 20. No court shall take cognizance of any offence oaticc, punishable under this Act, except upon a complaint in writing made by an officer specially authorized by the Government in this behalf by a notification, for the purpose. Power to remove 21. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the i nice Ides provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order, a:: occasion requires, but not later than two years from the date of commencement of this Act, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, which appears to it necessary for removing the difficulty. (2) Every order issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly of Delhi. 3ftVill of 22. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-mei:1mi existing (12) of section 6, - Admission Committee and State Fee Committee for dctottnination of for the academic year 2007-08. (a) the existing Admission, Committee and State Fee Committee, constituted by the Government shall have the power to extend the date of submission of documents and books of accounts for scrutiny MI' the determination and fixation of fee for the year 2007-08 in such a way as to facilitate admissions in accordance with the provisions of this Act during the academic year 2007-08, The Foe Regulatory Committee shall be competent to fix the fee provisionally for the academic year 2007- in subject to final adjustments later. (b) the fixation and levy of fees at the rates fixed by the Committee constituted before the date of coining, into force of this Act shall be deemed to be validly fixed. Pewc to make 23. (1) The Government may, by notification in the nl official Gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying 14 Into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality -of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all 07 any of the following matters, namely: - (a) qualifying examination for the purposes of appearing in common entrance test under clause (u) of section 3; (b) allowances payable and terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and the members of the Admission Regulatory Committee under sub-section (9) of sectio:: 4; (c) allowances payable and terms and conditions of service of. the Chairperson and the members of the Fee Regulatory Committee under sub-section (11) of section 6; (d) other factors of determination of fee under clause (h) of section 7; (e) supernumerary seats for non-resident Indians oi other categories under clause (c) of sub- section (1) of section 12; (f) Percentage of seats for any other category including other backward classes under clause (a) of subsection (2) of section 12. (g) Percentage of seats to he reserved for the zes, wards of defence personnel under clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 12; (h) manner of admission through common entrance test in institutions under section 13; - • (1) manner of filling' the management seats by the management of an institution under section 13; (j) Any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly of Delhi, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, the Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made,. the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without N, prejudice .to the validity of anything previously done ,.\„ • • under that rule. , \tk r,- esh)yal) Joint Secretary (Law, Justice & L.A.) / 4 L.-