Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-12-19

Long Title: An Act to declare certain institutions of technology to be institutions of national importance and to provide for certain matters connected with such institutions and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 27: Statutes how made.
    (1) The first Statutes of each Institute shall be framed by the Council with the previous approval of the Visitor and a copy of the same shall be laid as soon as may be before each House of Parliament.
     (2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the Statutes in the manner hereafter in this section provided.
     (3) Every new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require the previous approval of the Visitor who may assent thereto or withhold assent or remit it to the Board or consideration.
     (4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall have no validity unless it has been assented to by the Visitor.
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