The Gujarat Universities and the Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 1979

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Universities and the Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 1979.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Each of the laws specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be amended in the manner and to the extent specified against it in the third column thereof.

Sr. Short title. Extent of amendment. NO. 1 2 3 I. Maharaja Sayaji Rao After section 54, the following new section shall University of Baroda Act, be inserted, namely :- 1949 (Baroda Act No. 17 of 1949). "54A. (1) Where the University has established a provident fund for the benefit of its officers, teachers and other servants under section 54, such fund shall, notwithstanding anything con- tained in any law for the time being in force, be deposited in the State Government treasury in accordance with such directions as the State Government may, from time to time by an order in writing give, and thereupon,- (i) the subscriber to the fund shall be entitled to interest on the balance in his provident fund account at the same rate, at which the State Government servant is for the time being entitled to on the balance in his provident fund account, and (ii) the rules for the time being in force relating to the limits of withdrawals from the provident fund as applicable to such Government servant shall, so far as may be, apply to the sub- scriber. (2) Nothing in this section shall apply to a provident fund established by the University to which the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1952 applies.".