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Removal of difficulties. Tripura Act No. I1 of 1987 THE TRIPURA UNIVERSITY ACT, 1987 I An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching and afiliating University for the State of Tripura and provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Tripura in the Thirty Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I Priliminary Short title 1, (1) This Act may be called the Tripura University Act, 1987. and comm- encement. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Definitons. 2. In this Act, and in the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made under this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :- (1) "affiliated" in relation to a college or an institution means affiliated to the Tripura University under this Act ; (2) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (2) of section 1 : (3) "autonomous college" means an affiliated or associated college declared as such in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (28) of section 5. (4) "college" means a college established, maintained or recognized by, or affiliated to the University and includes a college referred to in sub- section (2) of section 6 ; (5) tlc~nv~cation" means a meeting of the Senate for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions ; (6) "department" means a University Department of studies imparting instruction and conducting and guiding research at the post graduate or higher levels ; 197 (7) "employee" in relation to the University means any person employed by the University ; (8) "financial year" means the year ending on the 3 1st day of March ; (9) "Government College" means a college maintained and managed by the State Government ; (10) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Tripura ; (1 1) "hostel" or "hall" means a unit residence for Students recognized by the University ; ( 12) "Librarian" means,- (a) in relation to the.University, a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognised as such by the University, and (b) in relation to an affiliated college; a librarian or any other person holding a post of librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognised by the University or appointed by such college ; (1 3) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Education appointed as such by the Governor ; (1 4) " non-teaching staff" means,- (a) in relation to the University, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised as such by the University ; and (b) in relation to an affiliated college, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognised by the University or appointed by such college, but does not include an officer or a Librarian; (15) "Officers of the University" means an officer as defined in section 7 ; (1 6) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act ; (17) "Principal" means the head of a college or of an institution, by whatever name called ; (1 8) "Professional subject" means any of the following subjects, namely, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Teacher's Training, Technology, Agriculture, Journalism, Management Studies or such other subjects as may be prescribed by Regulations ; (19) "Statutes" "Ordinance" "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act. (20) "Students' Union", in relation to the University or an affiliated college, means Students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed ; (21) "teacher" means a person employed for imparting instructions or guiding or conducting research in the University or in a college and includes a Principal. (22) 'Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person appointed or recognised as such by the University either whole-time or part-time for the purpose'of imparting instruction or conducting research in the University ; (23) "University " means the Tripura University as constituted under this Act ; (24) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum" or "University Institution" means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not ; (25) "University Professor", "University Reader" or "University Lecturer" means a Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognised as such by the University. CHAPTER I1