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(1) The Senate shall consist of the following mem- bers, namely :— Ex-officio members. (i) the Chancellor; (ii) the Vice-Chancellor; (iii) the Treasurer; (iv) the Director of Public Instruction West Bl; (v) the President,; Board of Second , a enga ry Education, West Bengal (vi) University Professors; (vii) University Readers who are heads of departments. of teaching; (viii) the President, Bangiya Sahitya Parisad; (ix) the Director, Bose Institute; (x) the President, Indian Association for the Culti- vation of Science; (xi) the President, National Council of Education; (xii) the President, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal; (xiii) the President, Vangiya Sanskrita Siksha Parishat; (xiv) the Chairman, West Bengal Board of Madrassa. Education; Life members. (xv) such number of persons not exceeding five as may be nominated by the Chancellor, to be Life. Members on the ground that they have rendered eminent services to the cause of education; Other members. (xvi) three persons elected by the Principals of Consti- tuent Colleges (not being Professional Colleges) from among themselves; (.vvii) ten persons, of whom one at least shall be a woman, elected by the Principals of Affiliated Colleges from among themselves; (xviii) seven persons elected by the Principals of Profes sional Colleges from among themselves; (xix) fifteen persons, of whom at l fiall be University Readers who are noteast heads ve of sh depart- ments of teaching or heads of departments o teaching, elected by the Teachers of the University from among themselves; Ben. Act HI of 1923. Act VIII of 1901. The Calcutta University Act, 1951. 9 XVIII of 1951.] (Chapter III.—The Senate.—Section 16.) (..vx) three persons elected by the Teachers of Con.sti. tuent Colleges (not being Professional Colleges) from among themselves; (xxi) seven persons, of whom one at least shall be a woman, elected by the Teachers of Affiliated Colleges from among themselves; (xxii) ten persons, of whom at least two shall be Teachers of Engineering Colleges, elected by the Teachers of Professional Colleges from among themselves; (=ill)) two persons elected by the members of the Govern- ing Bodies of Colleges situated within Calcutta as defined in clause (11) of section 3 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, from among them- selves; (..v.civ) two persons elected by the members of the Govern- ing Bodies of the Colleges situated within the Presidency Division of West Bengal [excluding Calcutta as defined in clause (11) of section 3 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923] from among themselves; (xxv) two persons elected by the members of the Govern- ing Bodies of the Colleges situated in the Burdwan Division of West Bengal from among themselves ; (xxvi) two persons electerd by the members of the Legisla- tive Assembly of West Bengal from among them- selves ; (x.xvii) one person elected by the members of the Legisla- tive Council of West Bengal from among them- selves; (x. viii) twenty-five persons of whom at least five shall be graduates in Medicine and at least five graduates in Engineering, elected by the registered graduates from among themselves; (x.ria: fifteen persons nominated by the Chancellor to secure the representation of the Professions, Industry, Agriculture, Commerce, Scientific or Technical Societies and persons eminent in Litera- ture, Science, Fine Arts and Music. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (j) of section 2, for the purpose of the first election under clause (xx-viii) of sub-section (1), a registered graduate means— (a) a graduate registered under the Indian Universities Act, 1904, (b) (i) a person who holds the degree of a Master or a higher degree of the University of Calcutta as constituted prior to the appointed day, or (ii) a graduate of the said University of at least three years' standing, who has paid a subscription of three rupees for the enrol- ment as a registered graduate for the purpose of the first election under clause (xxviii) of sub-section (1) and has been enrolled as such. • 10 The Calcutta University Act, 1951. [West Ben. Act (Chapter Senate. --19ections 17, 18.) (3) No person shall be entitled to stand as a candidate for, or exercise his vote at, election from more than one of the electoral bodies referred to in sub-section (1). (4) Save as otherwise provided, an elected or nominated member of the Senate shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his election or nomination, as the case may be : Senate to be the supreme Governing Body. Powers and duties of the Senate. Provided, however, that no member elected in his capacity as a member of a particular electorate shall hold office for a longer period than three months after he has ceased to be such member unless meanwhile he again becomes a member of that electorate. (5) When a person ceases to be a member of the Senate he shall cease to be a member of any of the authorities of the University of which he may happen to be a member by virtue of his membership of the Senate.