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(1) This Act may be called the Gtuarat State Higher Education Council Act, 2016. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat. (3) [t shall come into force on such date as the State Govemment may, by notification, in the Official Gazelte, appoint. Definitions. 2·.In this Act, unless the context othenvise requires,- (a)"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Executive Committee appointed tmder section 10; (b )"college" means any college or any institution maintained or approved by, or affiliated to, any University and providing courses of study for admission to the examination of the University; (c)"Council" means the Gujarat Stale Higher Education Council constituted under section 3; (d)"Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Council constituted under section 9; (e)"Fund" means the Gujarat State Higher Education Council Fund established under section 18; (f)"h.igher education" means an education, whether professional, technical or otherwise, and includes research studies, leading to the award of a degree or diploma or certificate by a University or an institution approved by the University or the State Government; (g)"institution" means an academic institution of higher education and research, not being a college, associated with and admitted to privileges of a University or maintained by a University; (h)"institution of b igher education" means an institution conducting any course of study in higher education, approved as such by the State Government; PART IV ] 102 of 1956. Guj. 8 of2009. 3 of 1956. GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 01-02-2017 (i)"Medical Council of India" means the Medical Council constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, l 956; G)"member" means a member of the Governing Council or, the Executive Committee, as the case may be; (k)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (!)"President" means the President of the Governing Council; (m)"Private University" means a University established under the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009; (n)"regulations" means the regulations of the Council made under section 28; ( o )"rules" means the rules made under section 27; (p) "University" means any University in the State established or incorporated by an Act of tlie Gujarat Stale Lcg i~lalurc; (q)"University Grants Commission" means the Commission established wider section 4 of the University Grants Commissi(m Act, 1956. CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION OF COUNCIL