(1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice- Chancellor to make arrangements for constituting the Senate, the Syndicate and the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs and such other authorities of the University within six months after the notified date or such longer period not exceeding one year as the Government may, by notification, direct.
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(2) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, in consultation with the Government, make such rules as may be necessary for the functioning of the University.
(3) The authorities constituted under sub-section (1) shall commence to exercise their functions on such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
(4) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor to draft such statutes, ordinances and regulations as may be necessary and submit them to the respective authorities competent to deal with them for their disposal. Such statutes, ordinances and regulations when framed shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government, Gazette.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the statutes and until such time an authority is duly constituted, 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 and the statutes.
2. Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1965 not to apply :(1) On and from the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, the provisions of the Madurai-Kamaraj University Act 1985 (Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1965) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act), shall cease to apply to, and in respect of Dr. Alagappa Chettiar Teachers Training College, Karaikudi, the Alagappa College of Physical Education, Karaikudi and the institutions specified in the Schedule.
(2) Such cessor shall not affect-
(a) the previous operation of the said Act; or
(b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Act; or
(c) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty, forfeiture or punishment, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or conformed and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), all statutes, ordinances and regulations made under the said Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continued to be in force until they are repealed by statutes, ordinances and regulations made under this Act.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) but without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (3) and section 50, anything done or any action taken before the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, under any provision of the said Act in respect of the university area, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of this Act and shall continue to have effect accordingly unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the corresponding provision of this Act.
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