Certain Acts not to apply

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) to (7), the Madras University Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VII of 1923), the Madurai-Kamaraj University Act, 1965 (Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1965), the Bharathiar University Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1982) and the Bharathidasan University Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 1982) (hereafter in this section referred to as the said Acts) shall with effect on and from the notified date, cease to apply in respect of every college and institution to which this Act applies. (2) Such cessor shall not affect— (a) the previous operation of the said Acts in respect of the colleges and institutions referred to in sub-section (1), (b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Acts, or (c) any investigation, legal proceedings, or remedy, in respect of any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment, and any such investigation, legal proceedings 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. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), all statutes, ordinances and regulations made under the said Acts and in force on the notified date shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, continue to be in force in respect of the colleges and institutions referred to in sub-section (1), until they are replaced by the statutes, ordinances and regulations to be made under this Act. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the statutes, ordinances and regulations continued in force under sub-section (3) or made under this Act, every person who immediately before the notified date was a student of a college within the University area affiliated to, or maintained by, the Madras, Madurai-Kamaraj, Bharathiar, Bharathidasan Universities, or was eligible to appear for any of the examinations of the said Universities, shall be permitted to complete his course of study in the respective Universities and the University shall make arrangements for the instruction, teaching and training for such students. (5) All property, whether movable or immovable, including lands, buildings, equipments, books and library and all rights of whatsoever kind owned by or vested in, or held in trust, immediately, before the notified date, by the University of Madras at the University campus at Taramani, Madras as well as liabilities legally subsisting against that University at that campus shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the Tamil Nadu Medical University. (7) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) but without prejudice to the provisions of sub-sections (3) to (6), anything done or any action taken before the notified date under any provisions of the said Acts in respect of any area to which the provisions of this Act apply shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of this Act and shall continue to have effect accordingly unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the corresponding provision of this Act. In section 67 of the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Act, 1987, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(4A) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the statutes, ordinances and regulations continued in force under the Annamalai University Act, 2013 or made under this Act, every person who immediately before the 26th February 2021 was a student of the Annamalai University or was eligible to appear for any of the examinations in medical science, dentistry or nursing of the Annamalai University, shall be permitted to complete his course of study in the Annamalai University and the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai shall make arrangements for the instruction, teaching and training for such students for such period and in such manner as may be determined by the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai in accordance with the course of study in the Annamalai University, and such students shall, during such period, be admitted to the examinations held or conducted by the Annamalai University and the corresponding degree, diploma or other academic distinctions of the Annamalai University shall be conferred upon the qualified students on the result of such examinations, by the Annamalai University.”.