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[1][1]The
(Pb. Act XXIII of 2004)
[
An Act to grant University status to the
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to grant
University status to the
It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short
title and commencement.– (1)
This Act may be called the
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is
anything repugnant in the subject or context,---
(a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council
of the University;
(b) “Academic
Vice President” means the Academic Vice President of the University;
(c) “Authority”
means any of the Authorities of the University specified in section 12;
(d) “Board” means the Board of Governors;
(e) “Chairperson of Department” means the head of
a teaching department;
(f) “Dean” means the Chairman of the Board of a
Faculty;
(g) “Faculty” means a faculty of the University;
(h) “Government” means the Government of the
(i) “Patron” means the Patron of the University;
(j) “Rector” means the Rector of the University;
(k) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the
University;
(l) “Society” means the educational society of the
(m) “Statutes”,
“Regulations” and “Rules” mean respectively the Statutes, the Regulations and
the Rules made or deemed to have been made under this Act; and
(n) “University” means the
3. Establishment
of the University.– (1) There shall be established a University to be
called the
(2) The
University shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common
seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall, by the said
name, sue and be sued.
4. Functions
and powers of the University.–
The functions and powers of the University shall be,---
(a) to
provide for instruction and training in,---
(i) Natural Sciences, Social & Behavioural Sciences,
Humanities, Information Technology, Management, Education and Business &
Commerce; and
(ii) such other branches of learning as the Board
may determine with the approval of the Patron given on the recommendation of a
committee constituted by the Education Department:
Provided
that in case of medical and engineering education, approval of the Pakistan
Medical & Dental Council and Pakistan Engineering Council respectively
shall be a pre-requisite;
(b) to provide for research, demonstration and other
services, and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
(c) to hold examinations in a manner as may be
determined by the Government and confer on or award degrees, diplomas,
certificates and other academic distinctions to persons who have passed its
examinations;
(d) to select and promote Faculties;
(e) to prescribe courses of studies;
(f) to establish and support other facilities for
education, training and research; and
(g) to decide teaching methods and strategies in
order to ensure the most effective educational and training programs.
5. Jurisdiction.–
(1) The jurisdiction of the University shall be restricted to the Province of
the
(2) The University shall not open any
sub-campus for a period of ten years from the commencement of this Act after
which period it may have sub-campuses with the approval of the Patron.
(3) The University may affiliate any other
educational institution only with the approval of the Patron.
6. Patron.–
(1) The Governor of the
(2) The Patron or his nominee shall preside
at the convocations of the University.
(3) Every
proposal to confer an honorary degree shall be subject to confirmation by the
Patron.
(4) The
Patron shall have the power to assent to the Statutes submitted to him by the
Board or refer them back to the Board for reconsideration.
7. Inspection and inquiry.– (1) The Patron
may cause an inspection or inquiry to be made in respect of any matter
connected with the affairs of the University.
(2) The
Patron shall communicate to the Board his views with regard to the result of
the inspection or inquiry and shall, after ascertaining the views of the Board,
advise the Board on the action to be taken by it.
(3) The
Board shall, within such time as may be specified by the Patron, communicate to
him such action as has been taken as a result of the inspection or inquiry.
(4) Where
the Board does not, within the time specified, take action to the satisfaction
of the Patron, the Patron may issue such directions as he thinks fit and the
Board shall comply with all such directions.
(5) The
Patron may, on the recommendation of a committee constituted by him and
comprising a nominee of the Board, a Judge of the Lahore High Court to be
nominated by the Chief Justice of the said Court and a Professor Emeritus or
Vice Chancellor, take any action against the University including its closure.
(6) The Government may make Rules to give
effect to the provisions of sub-section (5).
(7) The
Patron shall have the authority to annul any decision or action of the Board,
which he thinks was taken against the interest of academic excellence,
religious and cultural ideology and national integrity.
8. Rector.–
(1) The Rector shall be an eminent scholar of national
repute, who shall be appointed by the Government upon the recommendation of the
Board on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board.
(2) The
Rector shall be the chief executive officer of the University and shall perform
such functions as are assigned to him by the Board.
9. Appointments.–
The University may appoint such persons in its services as may be necessary on
such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board.
10. University
fund.– There shall be a fund to be known as the
11. Budget,
audit and accounts.– The budget of the University shall be approved and its
accounts shall be maintained and audited in such manner as may be prescribed by
the Board.
12. Authorities of the University.– The
following shall be the Authorities of the University:-
(a) the
Board of Governors;
(b) the
Academic Council;
(c) the
Board of Faculties;
(d) the
Board of Advanced Studies and Research;
(e) the
Selection Board;
(f) the
Finance and Planning Committee; and
(g) such
other Authorities as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
13. Board
of Governors.– (1) The Board of Governors of the University shall consist
of the following:---
(i) the Chairman of the Society;
(ii) members of the Board of Directors of the
Society subject to a maximum of eight members;
(iii) two eminent persons/scholars of national
repute to be nominated by the Board of Directors of the Society;
(iv) the Chairman, Higher Education Commission or
his nominee not below the rank of an Executive Director;
(v) a Vice Chancellor of a
(vi) the Rector; and
(vii) Secretary
to Government of the
(2) The Chairman of the Society shall be the
Chairman of the Board.
(3) The
quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be one-half of the total number of
members, a fraction being counted as one; provided that at least two members
shall be official members.
14. Powers
and duties of the Board.– (1) The administration and management of
the affairs of the University shall vest in the Board.
(2) The
Board shall forward the draft of Statutes to the Patron for approval.
15. Business
of the Board.– (1) The meetings and business of the Board shall be
conducted in such manner and in accordance with such procedure as may be
prescribed in the Regulations and until these matters are prescribed, as may be
determined by the Board.
(2) No Statute, Regulation or proceeding of
the Board shall be invalid by reason of any vacancy or defect in the
constitution of the Board.
16. Delegation
of powers.– The Board may delegate to any person or a committee any of its
powers, duties or functions.
17. Academic
Council.– (1) The Academic Council shall consist of,---
(i) the Rector (Chairman);
(ii) all the Deans;
(iii) all the Heads of the Departments/Institutes;
(iv) all Professors and Associate Professors of
the University;
(v) all
full-time members of the teaching faculty who hold appointments as Assistant
Professors and Lecturers, who have been on the faculty for at least one year;
(vi) any
senior administrative officer of the University to be nominated by the Rector;
(vii) an expert in the field of education to be
nominated by the Secretary, Education Department out of a panel of experts; and
(viii) the Registrar (Member/Secretary).
(2) Members
appointed by nomination shall hold office for three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic
Council shall be one-half of the total number of members, a fraction being
counted as one.
18. Powers
and duties of Academic Council.– (1) The Academic Council shall be the
academic body of the University and shall, by the Statutes, have the powers to
lay down proper standards of instruction, research, publication and examination
and to regulate and promote the academic life of the University.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing powers and subject to the provisions of this Act and the
Statutes, the Academic Council shall have the powers to,---
(a) advise the Board on academic matters;
(b) regulate the conduct of teaching, research and
publication;
(c) regulate the admission of students to the
courses of studies and examinations in the University;
(d) regulate the conduct and discipline of the
students of the University;
(e) propose to the Board, scheme for the
constitution and organization of Faculties and teaching departments;
(f) consider or formulate proposals for the
planning and development of teaching and research in the University;
(g) make
Regulations prescribing the courses of studies, the syllabi and the outlines of
tests for all University examinations subject to approval of the Board;
(h) regulate the
award of studentships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes;
(i) frame Regulations for submission to the
Board;
(j) appoint or nominate members to the various
Authorities in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and
(k) perform such other functions as may be
prescribed by the Statutes.
19. Statutes.– Subject
to the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 7 and section 21, Statutes may
be made to provide for and to regulate any matter relevant to the University.
20. First Statutes.– Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Act, the Statutes
set out in the Schedule appended to this Act shall be deemed to be the Statutes
framed under section 19 of this Act and shall continue to remain in force until
amended or repealed.
21. Regulations.–
The Board may, by notification, make Regulations for the administration and
management of the affairs of the University.
22. Removal
of difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the
provisions of this Act, the Board may, with the approval of the Government,
give such directions, not inconsistent with the said provisions, as it may
consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty.
23. Repeal.–
The
SCHEDULE
(See
section 19)
THE FIRST
STATUTES OF THE
1. Faculties.– There shall be a faculty for a
teaching department or a group of teaching departments. The University shall
include the following faculties and such other faculties as may be prescribed:---
(a) Faculty
of Natural Sciences;
(b) Faculty
of Social & Behavioural Sciences;
(c) Faculty
of Humanities;
(d) Faculty of Information Technology;
(e) Faculty of Management;
(f) Faculty of Education; and
(g) Faculty of Business & Commerce.
2. Board
of Faculty.– (1) There shall
be a Board of each Faculty which shall consist of,---
(a) the
Dean of the Faculty;
(b) the Professors and the heads of the teaching departments
in the Faculty;
(c) one member other than Professors and head of
each teaching department to be nominated by the Head of Department; and
(d) five persons
nominated by the Rector, in consultation with the Academic Council, who may be
members of other faculties with insights having important bearing on the
subjects assigned to the faculty, or may be experts in the field from outside
the University.
(2) The
members other than ex-officio members shall hold office for a period of three
years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board of
a Faculty shall be one-half of the total number of members, a fraction being
counted as one.
(4) The
Board of each Faculty shall, subject to the general control of the Academic
Council and the Board, have the powers to,---
(i) co-ordinate the teaching and research work in
the subjects assigned to the Faculty;
(ii) scrutinize the recommendations of the Boards of Studies comprising
the Faculty with regard to the appointment of paper-setters and examiners for
Graduate and Postgraduate examinations and to forward the panels of suitable
paper-setters and examiners for each examination to the Rector;
(iii) consider any other academic matter relating
to the Faculty and to submit its report to the Academic Council;
(iv) prepare a comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of
each department comprising the Faculty for presentation to the Academic
Council; and
(v) perform such other functions as may be
prescribed by the Statutes.
(5) There
shall be a Dean of each Faculty who shall be the Chairman and Convener of the
Board of Faculty.
(6) The Dean shall be appointed for a period
of three years by the Rector from amongst the Faculty, subject to confirmation
by the Board and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(7) The Dean shall present candidates for
admission to degree, except honorary degrees, courses falling within the
purview of the Faculty.
(8) The
Dean shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board on the
recommendations of the Rector.
3. Academic
Departments and Heads of the Departments.–
(1) There shall be an Academic Department for each subject or a group of
subjects, as may be prescribed by the Regulations and each Academic Department
shall be headed by a Head of Department.
(2) The
Head of an Academic Department shall be appointed by the Board on the
recommendations of the Rector.
(3) The Head of the Department shall plan,
organize and supervise the work of the department and shall be responsible to
the Dean for the work of his department.
(4) The
Head of the Department shall, under the general supervision of the Rector and
the Dean, exercise all administrative, financial and academic powers and such
other duties or powers as may be delegated to him.
(5) The heads of the departments shall
prepare a comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of department
at the Graduate and Postgraduate levels, Faculty research and development and
submit the report to the Dean of the Faculty for his evaluation.
4. Board
of Advanced Studies and Research.– (1) The Board of Advanced Studies and
Research shall consist of,---
(a) the Rector (Chairman);
(b) all the Deans;
(c) one University Professor from each Faculty
other than Dean to be appointed by the Board;
(d) one member to be nominated by the Rector;
(e) three members from the relevant field,
research organizations and Government departments, to be nominated by the
Board; and
(f) the Registrar (Secretary).
(2) The term of office of the members of the
Board of Advanced Studies and Research other than ex-officio members shall be
three years.
(3) The
quorum for a meeting of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research shall be
one-half of the total number of members, a fraction being counted as one.
5. Functions
of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research.– The functions of the Board
of Advanced Studies and Research shall be to,---
(a) advise the
Authorities on all matters connected with the promotion of advanced studies and
research publication in the University;
(b) consider and report
to the Authorities of the research degrees in the University;
(c) propose Regulations regarding the award of
research degrees;
(d) appoint supervisors for Postgraduate research
students and to approve titles and synopsis of their thesis/dissertations;
(e) recommend panels of names of examiners for
evaluation of their other research examinations; and
(f) perform such other
functions as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
6. Selection
Board.– (1) The Selection Board shall consist of,---
(a) the Academic Vice President;
(b) the Dean of the Faculty concerned; and
(c) the Head of the Academic Department
concerned.
(2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of
the Selection Board.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the
Selection Board shall be two.
(4) The Selection Board shall reduce the
pool of candidates to the three top candidates and recommend them to the Rector
with an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate.
(5) Whenever there is a vacancy on the
faculty, the Rector, upon recommendation of the Academic Vice President and
Dean of the concerned Faculty, shall appoint a Search Committee consisting of
five members with at least two of them being from the Academic Department in
which there is a vacancy. The Search Committee shall be responsible for
identifying candidates, screening the candidates, checking references for the
candidates, and establishing an interview process for the final lists in the
search. The results of this process will be sent to the Selection Board.
(6) In selection of candidates the search
committee shall co-opt or consult at least two experts in the subject
concerned, to be nominated by the Rector from a standing list of experts for
each subject approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Selection Board
and revised from time to time.
(7) The Rector shall make the final
selection of members of the Faculty subject to the approval of the Board of
Governors. He shall make his recommendation based upon the findings of the
Selection Board.
(8) When the recommendations of the Rector
for new faculty members are presented to the Board of Governors, there shall be
a review of the recommendations by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board
of Governors, which shall present its recommendations to the Board of
Governors.
7. Functions
of the Selection Board.– The
functions of the Selection Board shall be to,---
(a) consider
the candidates presented to them by the Search Committee and reduce the pool of
suitable candidates to the three top candidates and recommend them to the
Rector with an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate;
and
(b) recommend suitable salary for the
candidate concerned.
8. Finance
and Planning Committee.– (1) The Finance and Planning Committee shall
consist of,---
(a) the Rector;
(b) the Academic Vice President;
(c) all of the Deans;
(d) the Bursar; and
(e) one member of the Academic Council to be
nominated by the Academic Council.
(2) The term of office of the nominated
members shall be three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Finance
and Planning Committee shall be five.
9. Functions
of the Finance and Planning Committee.– The functions of the Finance and Planning
Committee shall be to,---
(a) advise
and assist the Rector in the preparation of the annual statement of accounts
and in developing the annual budget estimates for presentation to the Board of
Governors;
(b) advise and assist the Rector in the
preparation of the strategic plan for the University; and
(c) perform such other functions as may be
prescribed by the Statutes.
10. Academic
Affairs Committee of the Board of Governors.– The Academic Affairs Committee of the
Board of Governors shall consist of,---
(a) five members of the Board of Governors;
(b) an
eminent scholar nominated by the Board of Directors of the Society; and
(c) an expert in the subject nominated by
the Secretary to Government of the
11. Functions of
the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Governors.– The functions of the Academic Affairs
Committee of the Board of Governors shall be to,---
(a) review and make appropriate recommendations to the Board
of Governors, any recommendations from the Rector concerning new academic
programs; and
(b) review and make appropriate
recommendations to the Board of Governors, any recommendations from the Rector
concerning appointments to the Faculty of the University.
12. Academic
Standards Committee.– (1)
The Academic Standards Committee shall consist of,---
(a) the Academic Vice President; and
(b) one
senior faculty member either Professor or Associate Professor from each
Faculty.
(2) The Members other than ex-officio
members shall hold office for a period of three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic
Standards Committee shall be one-half of the total number of members, a
fraction being counted as one.
13. Functions of the Academic Standards Committee.– The functions of the Academic Standards Committee shall be to review the performance of each faculty member and make recommendations to the Rector regarding the promotion in rank or continued service of each faculty member.
14. Finance
Committee of the Board of Governors.–
The Finance Committee of the Board of Governors shall consist of,---
(a) five members of the Board of Governors;
(b) one
representative each from the Education and Finance Departments of the
Government of the
(c) Director of Planning, Higher Education
Commission.
15. Functions of
the Finance Committee of the Board of Governors.– The functions of the Finance Committee
of the Board of Governors shall be to,---
(a) review the budget proposed by the Rector
and to recommend appropriate action to the Board of Governors; and
(b) advise
the Board on all matters relating to finance, investments and accounts of the
University.
[1][1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 16 September 2004; assented to by the Governor of the
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