In this Act, unless the contexts otherwise requires,—
(1) 'Academic Council' and 'Executive Council' means, respectively, the Academic Council and the Executive Council of the University;
(2) 'Affiliated College' or 'Affiliated Institution' means a college or an institution affiliated to the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Statutes made thereunder;
(3) 'Appointed Date' means the date notified by the State Government under sub-section (3) of section 1; .
(4) Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, and Nursing shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, Central Council for HomoeopathyAct, 1973, Uttar Pradesh Indian Medicine Act, 1939 and Uttar Pradesh Homoeopathy Medicine Act, 1951;
(5) 'Faculty' means a Teaching Faculty of the University;
(6) 'Government' means the State Government of Uttar Pradesh;
(7) 'Hostel' means a unit of residences for students maintained or recognized by the University;
(8) 'Management' in relation to an affiliated college means the managing committee or any other body charged with managing affairs of that college and recognized as such by the University;
(9) 'Ayush' means alternative system of medicine in all its branches and include Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Yoga and Naturopathy, Siddha and Sowa-rigpa, Nursing and Paramedical Sciences and other allied disciplines in all their branches;
(10) Prescribed' means prescribed by the Statutes;
(11) Statutes', 'Ordinances' and 'Regulations' means respectively the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University;
(12) 'Teacher' means a teacher employed by the University or its Affiliated Colleges for imparting instructions or guiding or conducting research and includes a Director or a Principal of an Affiliated College;
(13) ‘University' means the [Maha Yogi Guru Gorakhnath Ayush University, Gorakhpur] established under this Act.