THE KARNATAKA STATE UNIVERSITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 8 OF 2011
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Eighth day of February, 2011)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Fourth day of February, 2011) An Act further to amend the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2001) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2011.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In section 3 of the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2001) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1),-
(1) in clause (a), for the words “the districts of Bangalore, Bangalore Rural and Kolar” the words “the districts of Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Ramanagara” shall be substituted.
(2) in clause (b), for the words “the districts of Bidar, Gulbarga, and Raichur” the words “the districts of Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur and Yadagiri” shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of section 14.- In section 14 of the principal Act, for sub section (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(5) No person shall be appointed or hold office of the Vice-Chancellor if he has attained the age of sixty seven years".
4. Amendment of section 17.- In section 17 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following shall be and shall always be deemed to have been substituted, namely:-
“(1) The Registrar shall be a whole time officer of the University. The State Government may appoint an officer not below the rank of Group-A officer of the super time scale or a member of the faculty of any university working as a Professor for atleast five years, to be a Registrar of a University .”
5. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 (Karnataka Ordinance No.2 of 2010) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance, shall deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act.
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