(1) The Statutes may be made, amended or repealed by the Governing Council in the manner hereinafter provided.
(2) The Statute Committee shall be constituted by the Governing Council as under:-
(a) one member of Governing Council from amongst the nominated members of that Council - as Chairman ;
(b) one Dean nominated by the Vice-Chancellor ;
(c) one Professor of University Department or affiliated colleges nominated by the Vice-Chancellor ;
(d) one Principal of affiliated college nominated by the Vice Chancellor;
(e) Registrar of the University ;
(f) Law Officer of the University as Member-Secretary.
(3) The Statute Committee shall prepare draft Statutes concerning the matters referred to in the last preceding section and shall present to the Governing Council.
(4) The Governing Council may take into consideration the draft of a statute either of its own motion or on a proposal by the Statute Committee.
(5) The Governing Council, if it thinks necessary, may obtain the opinion of any officer, authority or body of the University with regard to any draft Statute which is before it for consideration.
(6) Every Statute passed by the Governing Council shall be submitted to the Chancellor who may give or withhold his assent thereto or send it back to the Governing Council for reconsideration. The Chancellor may send the draft Statutes to the State Government for its views, if there are implications, financial or otherwise, on the part of the State Government in the implementation of such Statutes.
(7) No Statute passed by the Governing Council shall be valid or shall come into force until assented to by the Chancellor.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the Chancellor, either suo motu or on the advice of the State Government, may, direct the University to make provisions in the Statutes in respect of any matter specified by him and if the Governing Council fails to initiate adopt the direction within sixty days of its receipt, the Chancellor may, after considering the reasons, if any, communicated by the Governing Council for its inability to comply with such direction, make or amend the Statutes in that respect, suitably.
(9) The Governing Council if it thinks necessary may also obtain the opinion of any officer, authority or body of the University in regard to any draft statute which is before it for consideration:
Provided that, any such draft Statute pertains to academic matters, the Governing Council shall obtain the opinion of the Academic and Activity Council before considering the same.
(10) The Statute Committee shall recommend the draft Statutes to Governing Council for approval and every Statute passed by the Governing Council shall be submitted to the Chancellor.