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Continuation of Statutes, Ordinances etc. FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE Summary of Amendments 3 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 46 of 1994 .- It is considered necessary to establish an Open University in the State for the purpose of advancing and disseminating learning and knowledge by a diversity of means, including the use of any communication technology, provide opportunities for higher education to a larger segment of the population and to promote the educational well being of the community generally and to encourage distance education system in the educational pattern of the State and to co-ordinate and determine the standards of such systems. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV (Section 2A) Extraordinary No. 210, dated 31st March, 1992 at page 339.) II Amending Act 16 of 2003.- The Karnataka State Open University was established on 1.6.1996 under the provisions of the Karnataka State Open University Act, 1992. Though there is no specific provisions in the Act, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the Mysore University were adopted till the Statues, Ordinances and Regulations were issued undr the Karnataka State Open University Act, 1992. Therefore, it is considered necessary to provide for continuation of Statues, Ordinances and Regulations which were in force in the Mysore University established under the Karnataka State University Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 28 of 1976) and to validate the action taken thereon. Hence the Bill. (Vide LA Bill NO. 17 of 2002 File No.SAMVYASHAE 56 SHASANA 2001) III Amending Act 28 of 2016.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka State Open Universities Act, 1992 (Karnataka Act 46 of 1994), to remove the provisions regarding opening of centers outside the state of Karnataka by the University as it contradicts the instructions issued by University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding jurisdiction of universities and the provisions of Article 245 of the Constitution, which is reiterated by the Supreme Court in Prof. Yashpal Vs. State of Chhattisgarh case. Hence the Bill [L.A. Bill No. 20 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 03 Shasana 2012] [entry 25 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] 4 KARNATAKA ACT No. 46 OF 1994 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary dated Eleventh day of November, 1994) THE KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY ACT, 1992 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Eighth day of November, 1994) (As amended by 16 of 2003 and 28 of 2016) An Act to establish and incorporate an Open University at the State level for the introduction and promotion of Open University and distance education systems in the educational pattern of the State and for the co-ordination and determination of standard of such systems. WHEREAS it is expedient to establish an Open University for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY