Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996

Year: 1997

Enactment Date: 1997-01-08

Long Title: An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University for the promotion and development of Hindi language and literature, through teaching and research, with a view to enabling Hindi to achieve greater functional efficiency and recognition as a major international language and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 43: Transitional provisions.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the Statutes,--
         (a) the first Chancellor shall be appointed by the Visitor and the said officer shall hold office for a term of five years;
         (b) the first Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Visitor in such manner and on such conditions as may be deemed fit and the said officer shall hold office for such term, not exceeding five years as may be specified by the Visitor;
         (c) the first Registrar and the first Finance Officer shall be appointed by the Visitor and each of the said officers shall hold office for a term of three years;
         (d) the first Court and the first Executive Council shall consist of not more than thirty members and eleven members respectively who shall be nominated by the Visitor and they shall hold office for a term of three years;
         (e) the first Academic Council shall consist of not more than twenty-one members who shall be nominated by the Visitor and shall hold office for a term of three years:
         Provided that if any vacancy occurs in the above offices or authorities, the same shall be filled by appointment or nomination, as the case may be, by the Visitor, and the person so appointed or nominated shall hold office for so long as the officer or member in whose place he is appointed or nominated would have held that office, if such vacancy had not occurred.
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