Amendment of section 3 of Bom. XLIX of 1948

Amendment 4. In section 3 of the principal Act,-

1. (i) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:— "(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish for the purposes of this Act, a Board by the name of the Gujarat Secondary School Certificate Examination Board. The Board shall consist of a Chairman appointed by the State Government and members as specified in sub-section (3).";

1. (3) in sub-section (3),-
   • (i) the words "for the Gujarat region" shall be deleted;
   • (ii) in paragraph (A),-
   • (a) for the words "Six ex-officio members" the words "Seven ex-officio members" shall be substituted;
   • (b) for clause (j), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:- "(j) one officer of the Education Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary designated by the State Government;
     • (iii) for paragraph (B), the following shall be substituted, namely :— "(B) Seven members elected -
   • (a) by the Academic Councils of the Universities established by law in the State and of the institutions recognised by the University Grants Commission or declared by the Central Government as Universities in accordance with the provisions of clause
   • (f) of section 2 or of section 3, as the case may be, of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and
   • (b) where there are no Academic Councils of any of such Universities or institutions, by the Academic Councils of the Universities or institutions having such Councils and by such authorities of the Universities or institutions having no Academic Council as may be approved by the State Government, in such manner as may be determined by the State Government by rules made in this behalf.";
     • (iv) in paragraph (C),-
   • (A) in clause (a),-
   • (a) for the words "six members" the words "ten members" shall be substituted ;
   • (b) for the words "not less than three" the words "not less than five" shall be substituted ;
   • (c) for the words "Gujarat region" the word "State" shall be substituted ;
   • (B) in clause (b), for the words "Gujarat region" the word "State" shall be substituted;
2. (4) in sub-section (4), the brackets, figure and word "(7) or" shall be deleted.