Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Visva-Bharati Act, 1951

Year: 1951

Enactment Date: 1951-05-09

Long Title: An Act to declare the institution known as "Visva-Bharati" to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its functioning as a unitary teaching and residential university.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 40: Filling of casual vacancies.
    (1) Subject to any provision in this Act and in the Statutes, the Karma Samiti (Executive Council) shall appoint, with the approval of the Paridarsaka (Visitor), a person to fill a casual vacancy in the office of the Upacharya (Vice-Chancellor), and the person so appointed shall hold office 1[until his successor enters upon his office].
     (2) All casual vacancies among the members (other than ex officio members) of any authority or other body of the University shall be filled, as soon as conveniently may be, by the person or body who appointed, elected or co-opted the member whose place has become vacant, and the person appointed, clected or co-opted to a casual vacancy shall be member of such authority or body for the residue of the term for which the person whose place he fills would have been a member.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 60 of 1961, s. 15, for "till the next meeting of the Samsad (Court)" (w.e.f. 19-12-1961).
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