Prohibitions for award of degree, etc., in Agriculture, Veterinary Science and Fisheries by non-agricultural University.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act relating to the establishment of any non-agricultural University in the State, no such University shall be competent to award any degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions in Agriculture, 1 * * * : 2[Provided that, nothing in this section or section 40 shall apply to the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University established under section 3 of the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Act, 1989 (Mah. XX of 1989) or any institution of higher learning or studies recognised by that University under clause (xxiii) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of that Act ; and that University shall be competent to award any degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions in Agriculture, Veterinary Science and Fisheries.]: 3[Provided further that, notwithstanding anything contained in section 9 of the Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998 (Mah. XVII of 1998), the Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Vidyapeeth, Dapoli shall also be competent to award degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions in Fishery Sciences.]