(1) This Act may be called the Rabindra Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
Bharati Short title, extent and commencement.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions.
(a) "the Academy" means the Academy of -Dance, Drama and Music established and sponsored- by the Government of West Bengal and functioning at No. 6/4, Dwarkanath Tagore Lane in Calcutta ;
(b) " Chanc ellor" means the Chancellor of the University ;
(c) "institution" includes a college, school, centre of culture, museum, library or any other organisation, by whatever name called, for training, instruction, research or study ;
(d) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of the Department of Education of the Government of West Bengal;
"prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act;
(e) 2 The Rabindra Bharati Act, 1961.
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(f) "Principal" of an institution means the Head of the institution by whatever designation he may be described or called;
(g) "Rabindra. Bharati Society" means the society, by whatever name called, which was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, under the name and style of Rabindra Bharati on the 15th January, 1947, having its office at No. 5, Dwarkanath Tagore Lane in Calcutta;
(h) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act;
(i) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Instructor, or any other person holding a teaching post in the University or an institution;
(j) "Teacher of the University" means a person appointed or recognised as such by the University, either wholetime or part time, for the purpose of imparting instruction in the University;
and
(k) "the University" means the University known as Rabindra Bharati established and incorporated under this Act.
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Establishment of the University.
CHAPTER II.
The University.