GUJARAT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

Preamble - GUJARAT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

THE GUJARAT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

[Act No. 11 of 2018]

[06th April, 2018]

PREAMBLE

An Act further to amend the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009.

WHEREAS the SarvodayaKelavaniSamaj, Rajkot has applied to the State Government under the provisions of the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009 (Guj. 8 of 2009) to establish a Private University in the State;

AND WHEREAS the said application has been scrutinised by the Scrutiny Committee and on the report of the Scrutiny Committee, the State Government has issued the Letter of Intent to the respective sponsoring body for establishment of a Private University;

AND WHEREAS the State Government is satisfied that the sponsoring body has complied with the conditions of Letter of Intent as provided in section 10 of the said Act and has also established the Endowment Fund as per the Letter of Intent;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Government of Gujarat, in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of the said Act, includes the institution specified in column 2 of the Schedule as a Private University, by the name and location of the aforesaid sponsoring body as specified in column 4 of the Schedule.

It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Section 1 - Short title and commencement

(1)     This Act may be called the Gujarat Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2)     It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Section 2 - Amendment of Schedule to Guj. 8 of 2009

In the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009 (Guj. 8 of 2009), in the Schedule, after the entry at serial No. 27, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-