Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Bhavnagar University Act, 1978.
2. (2) 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 reference to the date of the coming into force of that provision.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (1) "affiliated college" means a college affiliated under section 5 or 35;
2. (2) "approved institution" means an institution approved under section 38;
3. (3) "college" means a degree college or an affiliated college teaching any of the courses leading to a degree;
4. (4) "degree college" means an affiliated college which is authorised to submit its students to an examination qualifying for any degree of the University;
5. (5) "department" means a department designated as such by Ordinances with reference to a subject or a group of subjects;
6. (6) "head master" means the head of a Secondary School;
7. (7) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognised by the University under this Act;
8. (8) "Principal" means the head of a college;
9. (9) "recognised institution" means an institution recognised under section 37;
10. (10) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under the provisions of this Act;
11. (11) "secondary school" means a secondary school registered or deemed to have been registered under section 31 of the Gujarat Secondary Education Act, 1972;
12. (12) "secondary teachers" means such class of teachers imparting instruction in secondary schools as may be declared to be secondary teachers by the Statutes;
13. (13) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made under this Act and for the time being in force;
14. (14) "teachers" means professors, readers, lecturers and such other persons imparting instruction in the University or a University college, or an affiliated college or a recognised institution or an approved institution, as may be declared to be teachers by the Statutes;
15. (15) "teachers of the University" means teachers appointed or recognised by the University for imparting instruction on its behalf;
16. (16) "University" means the Bhavnagar University constituted under this Act;
17. (17) "University area" means the areas specified in Schedule I;
18. (18) "University centre" means a centre where post-graduate studies are imparted;
19. (19) "University college" means a college transferred to the University under section 67 and maintained by it or a college which the University may establish or maintain under this Act;
20. (20) "University department" means any post-graduate or research institution or department maintained by the University.