Act Number: 3

Act Name: The University Grants Commission Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-03-03

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 23: Prohibition of the use of the word „University‟ in certain cases.
    No institution, whether a corporate body or not, other than a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act shall be entitled to have the word "University" associated with its name in any manner whatsoever:
     Provided that nothing in this section shall, for a period of two years from the commencement of this Act, apply to an institution which, immediately before such commencement, had the word "University" associated with its name.
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