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`(iii)` one member appointed by the Chancellor. (3) 'I'he Executive Council shall considor the report of a committee of selection constituted under sub-clause (4, and shall, if it accepts the nornin `tl` t' 1011 of the committee, malie tlie a13poi1itmei1t to the post accordingly. If the Executive Council does not accept the nomination of tht: committee, it shall refer tlie case to the Chancellor, who may either appoint the person nominated by the committee, or refer the case to the Secretary of Statc for India, and, in such case, the Secretary of State for India shall make fiuch appointment as hc thinks fit.
(4) Nothing in this clause shall apply to appointments made by the chancellor under clausc (c) of sub-section (1) of section 50.
Ap~oilltlnent `18.` Appointments to teaching posts other than of Lecturers 'Professorships and Readerships shall, subject to thc and other teachers. provisions of the Act and the Statutes, be made in the manner prescribed by the Ordinances.
Ap~oilltlnent of Lecturers and other teachers.
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6. The Academic Council shall have the followin, `CP` Polvcra of Academic
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`CP` Polvcra of the Academic Council.
- (a) to make proposa.1~ to the Executive Council for the ins titutioii of Professorsl~ips, Readerslii.ps, I,ectureships or other tcaching posts, and in rcgard to the duties and ernolumeni;~ thereof ;
Professorsl~ips,
- `(O)` to malie Regulations for and to award in accordance with such Xcgulations I~llowships, Scholarships, Exhibitions, bursaries, medals and otlicr rewards ;
- (c) to appoint examiners after report from the Faculties coiicerncd ;
- (cl) to control and manage the University Library or Libraries, to frame regnlations regarding thcir use, and to appoint
- ' a Library Committee under Llle general * coiitrol of the Academic Council to man-
- I age the affairs of the Library ;
- (e) to formulate, inodify or revise, subject to thc control of the Executive Council, scl~emes for the constitution or re-constitution of Faculties and for the assignlnent of subjects to such 3'aculties ;
- ( f ) to assign teachers to the Faculties ; and
- (g) to promote research within the University, and to require reports on such research from the persolls employed thereon.
- 7, ( I ) Each Faculty shall consist of-
The faculties.
- (i) the Professors of the Departments comprised in the Faculty ;
- (ii) such teachers of subjects assigned to the Faculty as may be appointed to the E'aculty by the Academic Oouncil ;
(iii) such teachers of subjects not assigned to the Faculty But having, in the opinion of the Academic Council, an important bearing on those subjects as may be appointed to the Faculty by the Academic Council; and
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`(.in)` such ohher perkol~s as may be appointed to the Faculty by the Academic Council on account of their possessing expert knowledge in a subject or subjeots assigned to thc Faculty.
(2) He shall issue the lecture 1isr;s of the University in the Departments comprised in the Pacutty, and shall be responsible for the conduct of teachinq therein.
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(3) IIe shall liave the right to be preseut and to spealr at ally meeting of any committee of the Faculty, but not to vote unless he is a member of the committee.
`11,` (1) Tlie appointment of the Warden and the superintending staff of a Hostel shall be subject to the approval of the Executive Council.
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(2) 13vel.y btudeiit not residing iu a Hallor Hostel shall be attached to s lIall or Eostel for tutorial help and discil2linary supervision, and for such other purposes as may be prescribed by the Ordinances.
`12.` The Court may, on the recorninendation of[Withdrawal ] degrees and[of ] the Executive Couiicil, by a resolution passed with diplomas. the coilcurrelice of not less than t~vo-thirds of the members voting, urii;hdraw any degree or diploma conferred by the Uiiiversity.
13. (1) All pr~posals for the coilfernlent of Honorary honorary degrees shall be made by the Academic deg"". Counoil to the Executive Council, an-l shall require the assent of the Court before submission to the Chancellor for coilfirmation :
Providecl that in cases of urgency the Chancellor n:ay act on the rucoinmendatioii of the Executive Couiicil only.
(2) Any honorary degree conferred by the University may, with the previous approval of the Court and the sanction of the Chancellor, be withdrawn by the Zxeoutive Council.
`14.` The followiiig persons shall, on payment of Registcled such fees as may be prescribedby the Statutes: be C'adu"'e" entitled to have tbeir names enrolled in the register of registered graduates and to enjoy all the privileges of registration, namely :-
(a) for a period of five years from the commencement of thrt Act all graduates of three years' standing or upwards of any other Indian Unive14sity incorporated by any law for the time being in force, who are not, for the time being registered as graduates in any such other University, and who-
- (i) have studied at the Dacca College, the Jagannath College at Dacca or the Dacca Law Coll~,ge for at least two years, or at the Dacca Training College for at least one year, and ordinarily reside in the Dacca oT Chittagong
||Chittagoug Divisions of the Bengal|
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||Presidency;or|
||(ii)have graduated at any time from|
||any of the said Colleges,|
||and apply to tlie University to be grantcd|
||ad_ezlndenz_degrees of the University;|
||and|
||(6)foraperiod of seven years from llie com-|
||mencement of tlic Act all B4uhaminaclan|
||graduates of three years'<br>standing or|
||upwards of sny Indian University ill-|
||corporated by any law for the time being|
||in force, who are not for ihc time being|
||registered as graduatesofany such other|
||University, and who ordinarily reside in|
||theDacca or Chittagong Divisions of tllc|
||Rengal Presidency;and|
||(c)all graduates of the University of<br>thrce|
||years' standing and upwards.|
|05cers.|15.There shall be'the following officers, namely:-|
||(i)a Proctor for the maintenance of the general|
||discipline of the University, to mrholii tlie|
||Vice-Ohancellor inay delegate such of his|
||disciplinary powers as he may thinkfit;|
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||(ii)a Librarian for the University Library,|
|Colu~uitteesof<br>selectionin<br>India.|16.(I)Subject to the provisions of clause(c)<br>of sub-section_( I )_of section50and of clause17,<br>appointments to Professorsliips and Readerships shall|
||be made on the nomination of committees of selection|
||constituted for the purposesasfollows, namely:-|
||(i)the Vice-Chancellor;|
||_(ii)_one member of the Executive Council|
||selected b r the Executive Council,|
||(ii.i)two members of the Academic Council|
||selected by the Academic Council on the|
||ground of their special knowledge of, or|
||interest in, the subject or subjects with|
||which thc Professor or Reader,asthe case|
||maybe, will be concerlled;|
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- `(iv)` an o.fficer of the Local Government aal~biuted by the Local Government, and
- (v) three porsoiis (two of whom shall not be officers or teachers) appointecl by the Chancellor :
Provided that, should a committee so constitutecl not include both a Hindu and a RIuhammadan member, the Chancellor shall nominate an addi tional Hindu or Muhammadan member, or both, as the case may be.
(2) Committees of selection appointed under subclause `(1)` shall report to the Execuiive Council which shall, if it accept.^ the nomination of the committee, make the appointment to the post accordingly. If the Executive Council cloes not accept the nomination of the committee, it shall refer the case to the Chancellor, who shall make such appointment as he thinlrs fit.
`17.` (I) Of the Professorships not less than one- selection[Committees of ] in tliird shall be filled in one or other of the following tll? United Klngdom. manners, namely :-
- `(a)` on the nominztion of committees of selection constituted for the purpose in the United Kingdom ; or
- (b) if, in the opinion of the DhauceUor, exceptlonal circumstances justify such a course, by appointment by the Secretary of St ate for India.
`(21` The conimittees of selectioiz referred to in sub-clause `(1) (a)` sha 11 be constituted as follows, namely :-
- (i) two members
two members resident in the United Kingdom appointed by the Academic Council,
`('i)` two members resident in tlie United ICiugdom appointed by the Secretary of State for India, one of whom shall be an Indian NPernber of the Council of India as constiluted under the Government of India Act ; and
`(iii)` one
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Source: India Code