Chapter I PRELIMINARY.

(1) This Act may be called the CEPT 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 provision to the date of 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) "Academic and Research Council" means the Academic and Research Council constituted under section 20; (b) "appointed date" means the date on which the Act shall come into force; (c) “Board” means the Board of Management of the University constituted under section 16; (d) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the University; (e) "Dean" means the Dean of the Faculty appointed under section 12; (f) "Director" means tiic Director of the university appointed under section 10; (g) "Executive Council'' means The Executive Council constituted under section 19; (h) "Finance and Development Committee'' means Finance and Development Committee constituted under section 21; (i) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the University constituted under section 14; (j) “Institutions” means School of Architecture, School of Planning, School of Building Science and Technology and School of Interior Design; (k) “prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations; (l) “President" means the President appointed under section 9; (m) "Registrar" means Registrar of the University appointed under section 11; (n) “Regulations" means the regulations of the University made under section 36; (o) “CEPT Society” means the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology Society, Ahmedabad, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; (p) “CEPT Trust” means the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology Trust, Ahmedabad registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950; (q) “University means the CEPT University established and incorporated under section 3.