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(1): Preamble (1) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as the University may think fit, and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, (4): Preamble (4) Recognised teaching shall be supplemented by tutorial instruction given in the Univer~ity or, under the control of the University, in Halls and Hostels. (6): Preamble (6) It shall not be lawful for the University to conduct courses or maintain classes for the purpose of preparing students for admission.to the Univcrsity. The `Pisitor.` (9): Preamble (9) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed in the Ordinances, (10): Preamble (10) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of students of the Universit and to make arrangements for promoting their heal$, and , (11): Preamble 6. (1) All recognised teaching in connection with the University courses shall be conducted by the:$. University, and shall include lecturing, laboratory work and other teaching conduct,ed in the University by the Professors, Readers, Lscturers and other teachers thcreof in accordance with any syllabus prescribed by the Regulations. (8): Preamble (8) to institute and maintain Halls for the residence of students of the University, and to approve and license Hostels maintained by other persons for the residence of such students, (5): Preamble (5) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine, (2): Preamble (2) The authorities responsible for organising such teaching shall be prescribed by the Statutes. (3) The-courses and curricula shall be prescribed by the Ordinances and the Regulations. An Act to establish and incorporate a unitary teaching and residential University at Dacca. W HEIiEAS it is expedient to establish and in- corporate a unitary teaching and residential University at Dacca; J.t is hereby enacted as follows : - and menceme:i.m- short title versity Ac~, `1.` (1) This Act may be called the Dacca Uni- 1920. (2) It shall, save as otherwise expressly provided herein, come into force on such date as the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, direct. 2. In this Act, and in all Statutes made hereunder, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- Definitions. - (a) " Hall " means a unit of residence for students of the Unive~ity provided `OT` maintained by the University; . - (b) " Hostel" means a unit of residence for students of the University provided otherwise than by the University, and not maintained by the University but approved and licensed by the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act; - (c) "Local Government" means the Governor of Bengal in Council ; - (d) 'q Provost " means the head of a Hall ; - (e) " registered - (e) 'L registered graduates " means graduates registered under the provisions of this Act ; - (f ) " Statutes," cc Ordinances " and " Regulations " mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University for the time being in force ; - (g) " teachers " includes Professors, Readers and Leeturers ; - (h) " University " means the University of Dacca ; and - `(i)` "Warden " means the head of a Hostel. 3. (1) The first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor `The` Uni. of the University and the first members of the Court, vc*sity. the Executive Council and tho Academic Council and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the University of Dacca. (2): Preamble (2) to hold examinations and to grant and confer degrees and other academio distinctions to and on persons who- - (a) shall have pursued a course of study in the University, or - (b) are teachers in educational institutions, undor conditions laid down in the Ordinances and Regulations, and shall have passed the examinations of f he University, under like conditions, .Dacca Ufiiversity . [ `AC*` XVEII 110 `t` (3) to confer honorary degrees or ot.her distincd , tions on approved persons in the manfier laid down in the Statutes, `(4)` to grant such diplomas to.and to provide such lectures and instruction for persons, not being members of the University, as the University may cetermine,