0 GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XXI of 1996 THE BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the CalcUtta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 13th August, 1996.] West Ben. Act XLIX of
1974. West Ben. Ord. III of
1996. [13th August, 1996.] An Act to amend the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Act, 1974. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Act, 1974, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date on which the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Amendment) Ordinance, 1996, ceased to operate. Short title and commencement.
2. In section 2 of the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Act, Amendment 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— of section 2 of West Ben. Act (1) in clause (2), for the words "crop and livestock production, 1974. XLIX of veterinary and dairy sciences, fisheries,", the words "terrestrial and aquatic crop and animal production," shall be substituted;
(2) after clause (3), the following clauses shall be inserted:-- `(3a) "Associate Dean" means the Head of the teaching wing of a campus; (3b) "Associate Director of Research" means the Head of a research wing of a campus or regional station;';
(3) after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(4a) "campus" means the centre, other than the main campus, imparting teaching at degree level or above and having any research or extension function;'; 231 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. [West Ben. Act (Section 3.)
(4) clause (6) shall be omitted;
(5) after clause (8), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(8a) "main campus" means the principal seat of the University at Mohanpur under police station Haringhata in the district of Nadia, in West Bengal where the academic, administrative, research, extension education and farm establishments are situated for the purpose of teaching, research and extension education functions;';
(6) clause (12) shall be omitted;
(7) after clause (12), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(12a) "regional station" means the research or extension station under the University;'. Amendment of section 3.
3. In section 3 of the principal Act,—
(1) in sub-section (2),—
(a) under the heading "(i) ex officio members",—
(i) clause (e) shall be omitted;
(ii) for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(h) the Secretary, Department of Food Processing Industries, Government of West Bengal;";
(iii) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted:— "(j1) the Campus Director;";
(iv) for clause (m), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(m) the Director of Horticulture, Government of West Bengal;";
(v) for clause (n), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(n) the Director of Agricultural Engineering, Government of West Bengal;";
(vi) clause (o) shall be omitted;
(vii) in clause (q), after the word "Extension", the word "Education" shall be inserted;
(viii) after clause (q), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(ql) the Director of Farms; (q2) the Librarian; (q3) the Registrar:"; 232 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. XXI of 1996.1 (Sections 4, 5.)
(ix) in the proviso,—
(a) for the words, letters and brackets "in clauses
(c) to (h) and (1) to (n)", the words, letters and brackets "in clauses (c), (d), (1), (g), (h),
(m) and (n)" shall be substituted;
(b) after the words "Additional Director", the words "or Joint Director" shall be inserted;
(b) under the heading "(ii) nominated members", clause (s) shall be omitted;
(c) under the heading "(iii) elected members",—
(i) in clause (w), for the words "regular students of the Faculty.", the words "regular students at undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral levels of the Faculty of whom one shall be from the post-graduate or doctoral level." shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (x), for the words "one person", the words "two persons" shall be substituted;
(2) in sub-section (3a), for the words "three years,", the words "four years," shall be substituted.
4. In clause (1) of section 5 of the principal Act, for the words "veterinary and animal sciences, fisheries,", the words "agricultural processing engineering, terrestrial and acquatic animal sciences," shall be substituted. Amendment of section 5.
5. In section 10 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
(1) in sub-section (2),— section 10.
(a) under the heading "(a) ex officio members",—
(i) after clause (iii), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(iiia) the Director of Research; (iiib) the Director of Extension Education;
(iiic) The Registrar;";
(ii) for clause (v), the following clauses shall be substituted:— "(v) the Secretary, Department of Food Processing Industries, Government of West Bengal;
(va) the Campus Director;"; 233 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. [West Ben. Act (Section 5.)
(iii) for clause (vii), the following clauses shall be substituted:— "(vii) the Secretary, Department of Education, Government of West Bengal; (viia) the field-worker elected to the Court; (viib) the officer elected to the Court:";
(b) under the heading "(c) elected members",—
(i) in clause (xii),—
(a) after the words "from each Faculty", the words "having not more than one hundred Teachers," shall be inserted, and
(b) the following proviso shall be added at the end:— "Provided that in the case of a Faculty having additional one hundred Teachers, one more Teacher in any rank from such Faculty shall be elected jointly by the Teachers of the Faculty;";
(ii) in clause (xiii), after the words "one post-graduate student", the words and brackets "or student at doctoral level (Doctor of Philosophy)" shall be inserted;
(iii) for clause (xiv), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(xiv) one member of the non-teaching staff to be elected jointly by such members of the nonteaching staff, field worker and officer as are members of the Court from amongst themselves;";
(iv) after clause (xiv), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(xv) one member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from amongst the members elected under clause (bb) under the heading "(iii) elected members" of sub-section (2) of section 3, to be elected by the members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.';
(2) in sub-section (3), for the words "non-member Secretary", the word "Member-Secretary" shall be substituted;
(3) in sub-section (4), for the words "three years,", the words "four years," shall be substituted. 234 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. XXI of 1996.] (Sections 6-8.)
6. In section 12 of the principal Act,—
(1) in sub-section (1),—
(a) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(b) the Faculty Council for Post-graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Horticulture;";
(b) after clause (b), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(c) the Faculty Council for Post-graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Agricultural Engineering;
(d) such other Faculty Council as the University may, with the prior approval of the State Government, establish.";
(2) in sub-section (2),—
(a) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted:— "(ia) the Dean of the Faculty, Vice-Chairman;";
(b) after clause (iv), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(iva) the Campus Director; (ivb) the Associate Dean;";
(3) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted:— "(5) The term of office of the elected or nominated members of a Faculty Council for Post-graduate and Undergraduate Studies shall be four years.".
7. In sub-section (2) of section 13 of the principal Act, for the words, figures and brackets "clauses (iv), (v), (vii), (viii) and (xiv)", the words, figures and brackets "clauses (iv) and (v)" shall be substituted.
8. In section 14 of the principal Act,—
(1) in sub-section (1), for the words "Veterinary and Animal Sciences,", the words "Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering," shall be substituted;
(2) in sub-section (3),—
(a) in clause (a), after the words "which shall", the words "meet at least twice a year and shall" shall be inserted;
(b) in clause (b), after the words "The Head of the Department", the words "shall hold office as such for a term of four years and" shall be inserted; Amendment of section 12. Amendment of section 13. Amendment of section 14. 235 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. [West Ben. Act (Section 8.)
(3) after sub-section (3A), the following sub-sections shall be inserted:— "(3B) (a) There shall be a Departmental Committee which shall consist of the following:—
(i) the Head of the Department;
(ii) all Professors;
(iii) two Readers of the main campus to be elected by the teachers of the Department;
(iv) two Lecturers of the main campus to be elected by the teachers of the Department;
(v) one representative of the campus to be elected by the teachers of the campus only.
(b) The Head of the Department shall be the Chairman of the Departmental Committee.
(c) The Departmental Committee shall advise the Head of the Department and shall act on behalf of the Board of Studies for such departmental activities as may be deemed necessary for running the academic Department but shall not so act in respect of the powers and duties referred to in clauses (i) to (iv), clause (xiii), clause (xvii) and clause (xviii) of subsection (3A). (3C) (a) There shall be a Campus Management Committee which shall consist of the following:—
(i) the Campus Director;
(ii) the Associate Dean;
(iii) the Associate Director of Research;
(iv) all Professors, if any;
(v) two Readers to be elected by the teachermembers of the Campus;
(vi) two Lecturers to be elected by the teachermembers of the Campus;
(vii) one member of the non-teaching staff to be elected jointly by non-teaching staff and field workers of the Campus;
(viii) the person in charge of students' welfare.
(b) The Campus Director shall be the Chairman of the Campus Management Committee. 236 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. XXI of 1996.] (Sections 9-11.)
(c) The Campus Management Committee shall advise the Campus Director. (3D) (a) There shall be a Regional Station Management Committee which shall consist of the following:—
(i) the Head of the regional station;
(ii) all Professors, if any;
(iii) two Readers to be elected by the teachermembers of the regional station;
(iv) two Lecturers to be elected by the teachermembers of the regional station;
(v) one member of the non-teaching staff to be elected jointly by non-teaching staff and field workers of the regional station.
(b) The Head of the regional station shall be the Chairman of the Regional Station Management Committee.
(c) The Regional Station Management Committee shall advise the Head of the regional station on the functioning aspects of teaching wing, research wing, and extension wing, if he is present in the regional station, and also on the administrative matters of the regional station.".
9. In sub-section (1) of section 14A of the principal Act,—
(1) clause (iv) shall be omitted;
(2) after clause (vi), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(via) the Deans of the Faculty for Post-graduate and Undergraduate Studies; (vib) the Director of Research;
(vic) the Director of Extension Education; (vid) the Director of Farms; (vie) the Registrar;".
10. In section 18 of the principal Act, after clause (9), the following clauses shall be inserted:— "(9A) the Director of Farms, (9B) the Campus Director,". Amendment of section
14A. Amendment of section 18. • 11. For sub-section (4) of section 26 of the principal Act, the following Amendment sub-section shall be substituted:— of section 26. • "(4) The Dean shall hold office for a term of four years.". 237 The Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. [West Ben. Act XXI of 1996.] (Sections 12-14.) Amendment of section 29. Insertion of new section
29A. Saving and validation.
12. In section 29 of the principal Act,—
(1) in the marginal note, after the word "Extension", the word "Education" shall be inserted;
(2) in sub-section (1), after the word 'Extension", the word "Education" shall be inserted;
(3) in sub-section (2), after the word "Extension", the word "Education" shall be inserted;
(4) in sub-section (3), after the word "Extension", the word "Education" shall be inserted.
13. In chapter IV of the rincipal Act; after section 29, the following section shall be inserted:— "Th irec e Campus 29A. (1) There shall be a Campus Director who shall tor. be a whole-time officer of the University. He shall be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor and shall perform such functions, and discharge such duties, as may be assigned to him by the Vice- Chancellor and the Executive Council.
(2) The Campus Director shall be in overall charge of the campus for the academic, administrative, research, extension education, and financial functions of the campus.".
14. (1) Anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Amendment) Ordinance, 1996, shall, on the said Ordinance ceasing to operate, be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 2nd day of February,
1996.
(2) Anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act before the publication of this Act in the Official Gazette shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act as if this Act were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken. West Ben. Ord. III of
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