Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

Whereas the objects of the institution known as the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, District--Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that the institution known as the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology is an institution of national importance.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. (a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section (1) for coming into force of this Act;
2. (b) "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (1) of section 5;
3. (c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the General Council;
4. (d) "Director" means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 20;
5. (e) "fund" means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 24;
6. (f) "General Council" means the General Council established under sub-section (1) of section 15;
7. (g) "Institute" means the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology incorporated under section 4;
8. (h) "President" means the President of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5;
   • (i) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Institute referred to in section 21;
9. (j) "Senate" means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 17;
10. (k) "Society" means the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Society, Jais District--Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); and
11. (l) "Statutes" and "Ordinances" mean, respectively, the Statutes and Ordinances of the Institute made under this Act.