Legal glossary

“principal”

Defined in 6 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Central Universities Act, 2009 · s. 2

    (m) "Principal" means the Head of a College or an Institution maintained by the University and includes, where there is no principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal, or the acting Principal, a Vice- Principal duly appointed as such;
    Read section 2
  2. The Manipur University Act, 2005 · s. 2

    (o) "Principal" means the Head of a College or an Institution maintained by the University and includes, where there is no Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and in the absence of the Principal, or the acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such;
    Read section 2
  3. The Pondicherry University Act, 1985 · s. 2

    (m) "Principal" means the Head of a College or an Institution, and includes where there is no Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and, in the absence of the Principal or acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such;
    Read section 2
  4. The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Act, 2013 · s. 2

    (s) "principal" means the head of a college or an institution;
    Read section 2
  5. The University of Allahabad Act, 2005 · s. 3

    (p) "Principal" means the head of a University College or a Constituent College;
    Read section 3
  6. The University of Hyderabad Act, 1974 · s. 2

    (l) "Principal" means the Head of a College or an Institution;
    Read section 2