Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970.
2. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of February, 1970.

In this Act, and in all Statutes made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. (a) "Academic Council" means, in relation to a corresponding University, the Academic Council of that University;
2. (b) "agriculture" includes the basic and applied science of soil and water management, crop and live-stock production and management, home sciences and the betterment of rural people;
3. (c) "appropriate Government" means,--
   • (i) in relation to the Haryana Agricultural University, the Government of the State of Haryana;
   • (ii) in relation to the Punjab Agricultural University, the Government of the State of Punjab;
4. (d) "Board", in relation to a corresponding University, means the Board of Management of that University;
5. (e) "college" means a constituent college of a corresponding University;
6. (f) "corresponding University" means,--
   • (i) in relation to the territories to which the functions of the Haryana Agricultural University extend, that University;
   • (ii) in relation to the territories to which the functions of the Punjab Agricultural University extend, that University;
7. (g) "existing University" means the Punjab Agricultural University constituted by section 3 of the Punjab Agricultural University Act, 1961 (Punjab Act 32 of 1961);
8. (h) "library" means a library established or maintained by a corresponding University;
   • (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes of a corresponding University;
9. (j) "Statutes" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes and Regulations made by a corresponding University under this Act;
10. (k) "transferred territories" means the territories added to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966);
11. (l) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of a corresponding University.