Chapter X MISCELLANEOUS

41. (1) The annual report of the University shall be prepared under the direction of the Vice-Chancellor and submitted to the Syndicate at least one month before the annual meeting at which it is to be considered.

1. (2) The Syndicate shall, after considering the annual report, forward a copy thereof to the Government.

42. No act or proceeding of any authority or other body of the University shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of a vacancy or of any defect or irregularity in the appointment of a member of any authority or of other body of the University or of any defect or irregularity in any such act or proceeding not affecting the merits of the case or on the ground that the Syndicate did not meet once in every three months.

43. (1) The Government may, by notification, alter, amend or add to Schedule I and upon the issue of such notification, Schedule I shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

1. (2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) or under any other provisions of this Act shall, as soon as possible, after it is issued, be placed on the table of both Houses of the Legislature, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed, or the next session, both Houses agree in making any modification in any such notification or both Houses agree that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.

44. (1) On and from the appointed day, the provisions of the Madras University Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VII of 1923) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act), shall cease to apply to and in respect of the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras and the institutions specified in Schedule I.

1. (2) Such cessor shall not affect, (a) the previous operation of the said Act ; or
   • (b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment, incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Act ; or
   • (c) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of such penalty, forfeiture or punishment, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed.
2. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), all statutes, ordinances and regulations made under the said Act and in force on the appointed day, shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force until they are repealed by statutes, ordinances and regulations made under this Act.

45. If any difficulty arises as to the first constitution or reconstitution of any authority of the University after the appointed day, or otherwise in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification, make such provision, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty :

Power of Government to give directions The Government may, from time to time, issue such directions to the University, as it may deem fit, for giving effect to the provisions of this Act and it shall be the duty of the University, to comply with such directions.