Chapter XII TRANSITORY PROVISIONS.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or the Statutes and Ordinances made thereunder any student of an institution entitled to train students for the examinations of the Faculty who immediately before the date on which section 5 comes into force was studying or was eligible for any examination of the Faculty shall be permitted to complete his course in preparation therefor, and the University shall provide for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes for the instruction, teaching, training, and examination of such students in accordance with the courses of studies of the Faculty.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10, the first Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the State Government as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act for a period not exceeding three years and on such terms and conditions as the State Government thinks fit.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 the first registrar shall be appointed by the State Government as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act for a period not exceeding four years and on such conditions as the State Government thinks fit.

(1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor,— (a) to give recognition to institutions, if any, as far as possible consistently with the provisions of section 29, and (b) to make arrangements for constituting the Senate, the Syndicate, and other authorities of the University, within six months after the date of this appointment or such longer period not exceeding two years as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct. (2) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, with the assistance of the Advisory Committee consisting of not more than fifteen members nominated by the State Government, (a) subject to the provisions of this Act, and the approval of the Chancellor— (i) make provisional Statues necessary for constituting the aforesaid authorities and regulating the procedure at their meetings and the transaction of their business; (ii) draw up any rules that may be necessary for regulating the method of election to the aforesaid authorities; (b) frame the first Statutes, and Ordinances, under this Act, and submit them for confirmation to the respective authorities when they commence to exercise their functions. (3) The authorities constituted under sub-section (1) shall commence to exercise their functions on such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct. (4) The Statutes and Ordinances framed by the first Vice-Chancellor shall, when confirmed by the respective, authorities, be published in the Official Gazette.

(1) At any time after the passing of this Act until such time as the authorities of the University shall commence to exercise their functions— (a) any officer of the University may be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor with the previous sanction of the Chancellor, (b) teachers of the University may be appointed by the Chancellor after considering the recommendations of an Advisory committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the Director of Education and such other person or persons, if any, as the Chancellor thinks fit to associate with them. (2) Any appointment made under sub-section (1) shall be for such period not exceeding four years and on such conditions as the appointing authority thinks fit: Provided that no such appointment shall be made until financial provision has been made therefor.

The Vice-Chancellor appointed under section 55 shall have powers until the Syndicate commences to exercise its functions— (a) with the previous approval of the Chancellor to make additional Statutes, to provide for any matter not provided for by the first Statutes, (b) to constitute provisional authorities and bodies and on their recommendations to make rules providing for the conduct of the work of the University, (c) subject to the control of the State Government to make such financial arrangements as may be necessary to enable this Act or any part thereof to be brought into force, (d) with the sanction of the Chancellor to make for a period not exceeding four years such appointments as may be necessary to enable this Act or any part thereof to be brought into force, (e) to appoint any committee as he may think fit, to discharge such of his functions as he may direct, and (f) generally to exercise all or any of the powers conferred on the Syndicate by or under the provisions of this Act.

If any difficulty arises as to the first constitution of any authority of the University after the coming into force of this Act or otherwise in first giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government, as occasion, may require, may by order do anything which appears to it necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

On and from the date on which section 5 comes into force— (i) the Gujarat Faculty of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine constituted under the Gujarat Medical Practitioners' Act, 1963 shall be dissolved and all property, movable and immovable and all rights, powers and privileges of the said Faculty shall be transferred to and vest in the University and shall be applied to the objects and purposes for which the University is established; (ii) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the said Faculty shall be, transferred to the University and shall thereafter be discharged and satisfied by it; (iii) all references in any enactment to the said Faculty shall, unless a contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the University; (iv) any will, deed, or other document whether made, executed or passed before or after the commencement of this section, which contains any bequest, gift, terms or trust in favour of the said Faculty shall be construed as if the University was therein named instead of such Faculty; (v) all officers and servants in the employ of the Faculty immediately before the date of the commencement of this section shall be officers and servants of the University and shall, until provision is otherwise made, receive salaries and allowances and be subject to the conditions of service which they were entitled to or subject to on the date of the commencement of this section: Provided that :— (i) the service rendered by such officers and servants immediately before the date of the commencement of this section shall be deemed to be rendered under the University, (ii) if in the opinion of the University, the services of any officer or servant are not necessary or suitable to the requirements of service under it, it may, with the previous approval of the State Government discontinue the services of any such officer or servant and any officer or servant whose services are so discontinued shall be entitled to receive from the University such leave, pension, gratuity or other benefits as he would have, if this Act had not been passed, been entitled to receive on being invalided; (vi) the Gujarat Medical Practitioners' Act, 1963, shall be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Schedule.

On the commencement of the Gujarat Ayurved University (Amendment) Act, 2003, — (i) the Standing Managing Committee shall be known as the Board of Post-Graduate Teaching and Research, and (ii) the Statute 180 and the Ordinances 148 to 157 and any other Statutes or Ordinances relating to the said committee shall stand repealed.