Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Act, 1994 Chapter IX - Bare Act |
| State | Karnataka Government |
| Year | 1994 |
| Section Title | General |
(1) Any member other than an ex-officio member of any authority or body of the University may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Registrar and the resignation shall take effect on receipt of the letter by the Registrar.
(2) A person who is a member of any authority or body of the University in his capacity as a member of a particular authority or body or as the holder of a particular appointment shall hold office so long only as he continues to be a member of that particular authority or body or the holder of that particular appointment, as the case may be.
(3) A member of any authority or body of the University shall cease to be a member on his being convicted by a court of law for any offence which involves moral turpitude.
All casual vacancies amongst the members other than ex-officio members of any authority or other body of the University shall be filled, as soon as may be by the person or body who or which nominated the member whose place has become vacant and the persons nominated to a casual vacancy shall be member of such authority or body for the residue of the term for which the person in whose place he is nominated would have been a member:
Provided that no casual vacancy shall be filled, if such vacancy occurs within six months before the date of the expiry of the term of the members of any authority or other body of the University.
No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against any employee of the University for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, the Statutes or Ordinances or Rules made thereunder.
No act or proceeding of any authority or other body of the University shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy or of any defect or irregularity in the election, or appointment of a member of any authority or other body of the University or any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding not affecting the merits of the case.
If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or nominated as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority of the University or other body of the University, the question shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final.
(1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor to make arrangements for constituting the Syndicate and other Authorities of the University within six months from the date of commencement of this Act or such longer period not exceeding one year as the Government may, by notification, direct.
(2) The fist Vice-Chancellor shall, in consultation with the Chancellor, make such rules as may be necessary for the functioning of the University.
(3) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor to draft such Statutes as may be immediately necessary and submit them to the Competent Authority for approval.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and until such time an authority is duly constituted under the Act, the first Vice-Chancellor may appoint any officer or constitute any committee temporarily to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties of such authority under this Act.
The Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer and other employees of the University shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860).
Until Statutes, Ordinances and Rules are made under appropriate provisions of this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and rules which were made under the Karnataka State Universities Act, 1976 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, subject to such adaptations or modifications as may be made therein by the Vice-Chancellor with the approval of the Chancellor obtained through the Government, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to be Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under the appropriate provisions of this Act.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances or the Rules,-
(a) any student who immediately prior to the commencement of this Act was studying for a degree in health science of the Bangalore University, the Karnataka University, the Mysore University, the Kuvempu University, the Gulbarga University, or the Mangalore University established under the Bangalore University act, 1964, the Karnataka University Act, 1949, the Mysore University Act, 1956 and the Karnatake State Universities Act 1976, in accordance with the Regulations in force under those Acts, may until such examinations is provided by the University, be admitted to the examinations of the Universities of Bangalore, Karnataka and Mysore and Kuvempu University, Gulbarga University, Mangalore University and be conferred the degree in Health Sciences of the inter universities for which he qualifies on the result of such examination.
(b) If the Bangalore University, the Karnataka University or Mysore University, Gulbarga University or the Mangalore University or the Kuvempu University established under the Bangalore University Act, 1964, the Karnataka University Act, 1949, the Mysore University Act, 1956 and Karnataka State Universities Act, 1976 has held any examination the result of which has been published but the degrees relating thereto have not been conferred or issued or the result of any such examination has not been published by the said University, then such examination shall be deemed to have been held by the Bangalore University, the Karnataka University or the Mysore University, Kuvempu University, Gulbarga University and Mangalore University.
This Act and any Statutes or Rules or Ordinance made under this Act shall in respect of any college in the University Area have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other enactment with respect to matters enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, do anything which appears to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
(2) No order made under sub-section (1) shall be questioned in any court of law on the ground that no difficulty as is referred to in the said sub-section existed or was required to be removed.
(3) Every order published under this section shall, as soon as may be after its publication, be laid before both Houses of the State Legislature.