Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Shree Somnath Sanskrit University Act, 2005.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.

(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions and any reference in any such provision to the date of the commencement of this Act shall be construed as the reference to the date of coming into force of that provision.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "affiliated college" means a college affiliated under section 50;

(b) "approved institution" means an institution approved under section 52;

(c) "college" means a degree college or an affiliated college, teaching any of the courses leading to a certificate, diploma or a degree;

(d) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognised by the University under this Act;

(e) "pathashala" means pathashala recognised as such by the State Government and which is imparting education in Sanskrit leading to a certificate of Prathma, Madhyama granted and a degree of Shastri and Acharya conferred, by the State Examination Board, as the case may be;

(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations;

(g) "principal" means the head of a college;

(h) "recognised institution" means the institution of research or specialised study and recognised as such by the University under section 51;

(i) "regulations" means the regulations made under section 57;

(j) “Sanskrit” includes Prakrit, Magadhi, Ardhamagadhi and Pali;

(k) "teacher" means professor, reader, lecturer imparting instruction or guiding research in the University or a University college or an affiliated college or a recognised institution or an approved institution or such other persons as may be declared to be the teachers by the Regulations;

(l) "University " means the Shree Somnath Sanskrit University constituted under section 3;

(m) "University area" means the area of the whole of the State of Gujarat;

(n) "University college" means a college which the University may establish or maintain;

(o) "University Department" means any post-graduate or research institution or department maintained by the University.