GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Ben. Act XXXVI of 1981. West Bengal Act XXI of 1983 THE RABINDRA BHARATI (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 4th October, 1983.] [4th October, 1983.] An Act to amend the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Rabindra Bharati (Second Amendment) Act, 1983.
(2) This section, section 4 and section 5 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 8th day of August, 1983; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. In sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), under the heading "(b) other members", for clause (xxv), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(xxv) one member elected by the officers and the supervisory staff of the University from amongst themselves;".
3. In sub-section (1) of section 20 of the principal Act, under the heading "(b) other members", in clause (xii), after sub-clause (c), the following sub-clause shall be added:— "(d) the member elected under clause (xxv) of sub-section (I) of section 17;". Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 17 of West Ben. Act XXXVI of 1981. Amendment of section
20. 173 The Rabindra Bharati (Second Amendment) Act, 1983. [West Ben. Act XXI of 1983.] Amendment of section
55. Repeal and saving. (Sections 4, 5.)
4. In section 55 of the principal Act,—
(a) in sub-section (5), for the words "and be the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations of the University.", the words "and shall be the first Statutes, the first Ordinances and the first Regulations of the University." shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (6), for the words, "The Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations", the words "The first Statutes, the first Ordinances and the first Regulations" shall be substituted;
(c) in sub-section (10), for the words "before the date of appointment of the first Vice-Chancellor.", the words "before the date of publication of final list of voters for election under this Act and the Statutes to the Court, the Executive Council, the Faculty Councils or the Boards of Studies, as the case may be." shall be substituted.
5. (1) The Rabindra Bharati (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the Rabindra Bharati (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act. West Ben. Ord. X of
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