(i) Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court as 1 [Chancellor];
(ii) Any Former 1 [Chancellor] on invitation of the 1 [Chancellor];
(iii) two sitting or retired judges of Guwahati High Court, nominated by the 1 [Chancellor];
(iv) Advocate General of Assam;
(v) 2 [Vice-chancellor] of the 3 [Law University] will be the Member-Secretary of the General Council;
(vi) an eminent educationist nominated by the Government of Assam;
(vii) 4 [Chairman of the Bar Council of India or a nominee of the Chairman from amongst the members of the Bar Council of India;];
(viii) Chairman, Bar Council of Assam ;
(ix) two eminent persons in the disciplines of Social Sciences and Humanities nominated by the 1 [Chancellor];
(x) Director of the Judicial Academy established under this Act;
(xi) two eminent persons in legal or educational field, nominated by the 1 [Chancellor];
(xii) four members from the Government of Assam among whom, one shall be the Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam, one shall be the Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance Department and one shall be the Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Judicial Department, and one shall be the Secretary to the Government of Assam, Higher Education Department
(xiii) the Registrar of the 3 [Law University]; and
1. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
2. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
3. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
4. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
12 1 [(xiv) all the Professors, who are the Heads of Departments/Centers in the Law University;];
2 [(xv) one Senior Sitting Judge of the Gauhati High Court, nominated by the Chancellor.]
(2) (i) where a person has become a member of the General Council by reason of the post or appointment he holds, his membership shall be coterminus with the post held by him.
(ii) the term of office of the nominated members of the General Council other than the ex-officio members shall be three years;
(iii) a member of the General Council shall cease to be a member if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind, or insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude;
(iv) a member of the General Council other than an ex-officio member may resign his office by a letter addressed to the 3 [Chancellor] and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted ; and
(v) any such vacancy in the General Council shall be filled by nomination by the respective nominating authority and on expiry of the period of the vacancy, such nomination shall cease to be effective.
Powers, functions and meetings of the General Council.
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(1) The General Council shall be the plenary authority of the 4 [Law University] and shall formulate and review from time to time the broad policies and programmes of the 4 [Law University] and devise measures for the improvement and development of the 4 [Law University] and shall also have the following powers and functions, namely:-
(i) to consider and pass the annual report, financial statement and the budget estimates prepared by the Executive Council and to adopt them with or without modification;
1. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
2. Ins. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
3. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
4. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
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(ii) to make statutes concerning the administration of the affairs of the 1 [Law University] including prescribing the procedures to be followed by the authorities and the officers of the 1 [Law University] in the discharge of their functions; and
(iii) to recommend the person to be appointed as 2 [Vicechancellor] of the 1 [Law University] from out of the panel prepared by the Selection Committee appointed by the Executive Council, and proposed by it.
(2) (i) the General Council shall meet at least once in a year. An annual meeting of the General Council shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Executive Council, unless some other date has been fixed by the General Council in respect of any year;
(ii) a report of the working of the 1 [Law University] during the previous year, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure, duly audited balance sheet, and the financial estimates shall be presented by the 2 [Vicechancellor] of 1 [Law University] to the General Council at its annual meetings;
(iii) meeting of the General Council shall be called by the 2 [Vice-chancellor] of 1 [Law University] either at the request of not less than five members of the General Council or on the direction of the 3 [Chancellor];
(iv) for every meeting of the General Council, fifteen days notice shall be given;
(v) one-third of the members existing on the rolls of the General Council shall form the quorum;
(vi) each member shall have one vote and if there be equality of votes on any question to be determined by the General Council, the person presiding over the meeting shall, in addition, have a casting vote; and
(vii) in case of difference of opinion among the members, the opinion of the majority shall prevail.
1. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
2. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
3. Subs. by Assam Act No. II of 2012.
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