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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 55; (2) "convocation" means a meeting of the Court for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions; (3) "distance education" means instruction imparted through correspondence or distance mode as recognized by the appropriate authority; (4) "employee" in relation to the University means a person employed by the University; (5) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March; (6) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal; (7) "hall" or "hostel" means a unit of residence of students maintained by the University; (8) "Librarian" means a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognized as such by the University; (9) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education appointed as such by the Governor; (10) "non-teaching staff' means the non-teaching staff appointed or recognized as such by the University not holding any teaching post or a person not holding the post of an officer or a person not holding the post of Librarian, by whatever name called; (11) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act; (12) "professional subject" means any of the subjects, namely, law, teachers' training, engineering, technology, agriculture, library and information science, mass communication and journalism, management studies or such other subject as may be prescribed by Regulations; (13) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under this Act at least three months prior to the date of election of members to the Court on application in the prescribed form and on payment of a fee as prescribed; (14) "State Government" means Government of West Bengal in the Department of Higher Education; (15) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act, and they shall be deemed to be rules within the meaning of clause (36) of section 3 of the Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899; (16) "Student" means a girl or a woman student of the University and includes any girl or woman enrolled by the University for pursuing any Undergraduate or Post-Graduate course of study of the University; Ben. Act 1 of 1899. PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 28, 2013 3 The Diamond Harbour Women's University Act, 2012. (Chapter 1 I.—The University and its Officers.—Sections 3, 4.) (17) "Students' Union" means the Students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed; (18) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or any other person, holding a whole-time substantive teaching post and appointed in a permanent vacancy in a University with prior approval of the State Government; (19) "University" means the Diamond Harbour Women's University constituted under this Act; (20) "University College" means a college, or an institute, or a college combined with an institute, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not; (21) "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. CHAPTER II The University and its Officers The University. Powers of the University.