(1) After inspection and assessment of a private university providing first degree and/or post graduate degree/diploma courses, the Education Department, Government of Meghalaya may communicate to the private university any deficiency and nonconformity with the relevant Government regulations and give it reasonable opportunity to rectify the same. If the State Government, is satisfied that the private university has, even after getting an opportunity to do so, failed to comply with the provisions of any of the Regulations, it may pass an order prohibiting the private university from offering any course for the award of the first degree and, or the post-graduate degree or diploma, as the case may be, till the deficiency is rectified.
(2) Any private university, which has been notified before commencement of this Act, shall comply with the provisions of this Act within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act and intimate the compliance to the State Government.
(3) The State Government may take necessary action against a private university awarding a first degree and or post-graduate degree or diploma, which are not specified by the UGC, and inform the public in general through a public notification. A private university continuing such programme(s) and awarding unspecified degree(s) shall be liable for penalty under Section 24 of the UGC Act, 1956.
(4) The State Government may take appropriate action against a study center or campus of any private university set up outside the State and having such campus or study center in Meghalaya who do not fulfill the conditions referred to sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) above including direction for closure of such study center or campus.
(5) The State Government on the recommendation of the Regulatory Board specified under section 9. (1), impose penalties on any private university which awards any degree that does not conform to extant government regulations.
Provided no such penalty shall be imposed unless such private university is given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.