University Grants Commission Act, 1956
Bare Act · 1956
An Act to make provision for the co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission.
- Act number
- 3 of 1956
- Enacted
- 3 March 1956
- Contents
- 30 sections · 5 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Application of Act to institutions for higher studies other than Universities
Chapter II — Establishment Of The Commission
- Section 4 – Establishment of the Commission
- Section 5 – Composition of the Commission
- Section 6 – Terms and conditions of service of members (preview)
- Section 7 – Meetings of the Commission (preview)
- Section 8 – Vacancies amongst members or defect in constitution not to invalidate acts or proceedings of the Commission (preview)
- Section 9 – Temporary association of persons with the Commission for particular purposes (preview)
- Section 11 – Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Commission (preview)
Sections
- Section 10 – Staff of the Commission (preview)
Chapter III — Powers And Functions Of The Commission
- Section 12 – Functions of the Commission (preview)
- Section 12A – Regulation of fees and prohibition of donations in certain cases (preview)
- Section 12B – Prohibition regarding giving of any grant to a University not declared by the Commission fit to receive such grant (preview)
- Section 13 – Inspection (preview)
- Section 14 – Consequences of failure of Universities to comply with recommendations of the Commission (preview)
- Section 15 – Payment to the Commission (preview)
- Section 16 – Fund to the Commission (preview)
- Section 17 – Budget (preview)
- Section 18 – Annual report (preview)
- Section 19 – Account and audit (preview)
Chapter IV — Miscellaneous
- Section 20 – Directions by the Central Government (preview)
- Section 21 – Returns and information (preview)
- Section 22 – Right to confer degrees (preview)
- Section 23 – Prohibition of the use of the word „University‟ in certain cases (preview)
- Section 24 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 25 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 26 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 27 – Power to delegate (preview)
- Section 28 – Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament (preview)