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Notwithstanding anything contained in the Orissa Universities Act, 1989 no University in the State other than the University established under this Acts shall grant affiliation to any college or institution, which offers courses or programmes of education, research and training in the field of literary art, visual and performing art, after the date of Commencement of this Act: Provided that nothing in this section, save as otherwise provided in this Act, shall apply to any constituent College, Institution or Department of any other University or of a deemed University within the meaning of section 3 of the University Grants Commissions Act, 1956, which is directly managed, controlled and financed by such Universities.