Section 1

Short title and commencement.

The University Grants Commission Act, 1956

  • Act 3 of 1956
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development
  • Department of Higher Education
About this Act

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.

All sections
    (1) This Act may be called the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
     (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Notes

1. 5th November, 1956, vide notification No. S.R.O. 2608, dated 1st November, 1956, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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