Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act as amended by the Amendment Ordinance or the statutes, ordinances, regulations or rules made there under, where immediately before the commencement of the Amendment Ordinance,
(a) any student was studying for a degree of the Gulbarga University or the Karnataka University in accordance with the statutes, ordinances, regulations or rules in force she may until such examination is provided by the Women University be admitted to the examination of the Universities of Gulbarga and Karnataka and be conferred with the degrees or diplomas for which she qualifies on the result of such examination.
(b) the Gulbarga University or the Karnataka University has held any examination the result of which has been published but the degrees or diplomas relating thereto have not been conferred or issued or the result of any such examination has not been published by the said Universities then such examination shall be deemed to have been held by the Gulbarga University or the Karnataka University.