Section 3. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor

3. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor.— (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be ex officio Chairman of the Executive Council, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee and shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside at the Convocations held for conferring degrees and at meetings of the Court. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be entitled to be present at, and address, any meeting of any authority or other body of the University, but shall not be entitled to vote thereat unless he is a member of such authority or body. (3) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to see that this Act, the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations are duly observed and he shall have all the powers necessary to ensure such observance. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall have all the powers necessary for the proper maintenance of discipline in the University and he may delegate any such powers to such person or persons as he deems fit. (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to convene or cause to be convened the meetings of the Executive Council, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee. 3. Definitions.— In this Act, and in all Statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) "Academic Council" means the Academic Council of the University; (b) "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by the Statutes; (c) "appointed day" means the date of establishment of the University of Allahabad under sub-section (1) of section 4; (d) "Centre" means a unit of the University or of a University Institute providing teaching, consultancy and research facilities; (e) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University appointed under section 13; (f) "Constituent College" means a college prescribed as such by the Statutes; - (g) "Constituent Institute" means an Institute prescribed as such by the Statutes; (h) "Court" means the Court of the University; - (i) "Department" means a Department of a Faculty; (j) "Director" means the head of a University Institute or Constituent Institute; (k) "employee" means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University; (l) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the University; (m) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University; (n) "Finance Officer" means the Finance Officer of the University appointed under section 18; (o) "Ordinances" means the Ordinances of the University; (p) "Principal" means the head of a University College or a Constituent College; (q) "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed under section 15; (r) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the University appointed under section 17; - (s) "Regulations" means the Regulations of the University; (t) "Statutes" means the Statutes of the University;