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The
An Act to provide for the reconstitution and
reorganization of the
[Gazette of
No. Legis. 2(3)/97/76, dated 16‑6‑1997.‑‑The
Government College Lahore Bill, 1997, having been passed by the Provincial
Assembly of the Punjab on June 13, 1997 and assented to by the Governor of the
Punjab on June 14, 1997, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial
Assembly of the Punjab.
Preamble Whereas
it is expedient to reconstitute and reorganise the
It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short title and commencement.‑‑ (1) This Act may be called the Government
College Lahore Act, 1997.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Establishment of the College.‑‑ (1) The Government may reconstitute the
(2) The College so reconstituted 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.
3. Board of Governors.‑‑(1) The Board of Governors of the
College shall consist of the following:‑‑-
(i) Minister for Education
(ii) One Member of the Provincial Assembly of the
(iii) Secretaries to the Government of the Punjab
Education, Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Finance Departments or their
nominees not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(iv) Chairman University Grants Commission or his
representative not below the rank of a whole time Member;
(v)
(vi) Two distinguished educationists, four
distinguished alumnae out of whom at least one shall be female to be nominated
by the Government on the recommendation of the Principal;
(vii) The Principal;
(2) The Minister for Education,
4. Powers and functions of the Board.‑‑(1) The administration and management of
the affairs of the College shall vest in the Board.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing provisions, the functions and powers of the Board shall be,---
(i) to take effective measures to raise the standards
of teaching, research and publication and other academic pursuits in the light
of national and international needs;
(ii) to hold, control and administer the property and
funds of the College;
(iii) to consider and approve the annual and revised
budget estimates and to advise the concerned authorities thereon;
(iv) to transfer and accept transfer of movable or
immovable property on behalf of the College;
(v) to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts
on behalf of the College;
(vi) to cause proper books of accounts to be kept for
all sums of money received and expended by the College and for the assets and
liabilities of the College;
(vii) to invest any money belonging to the College
including any unapplied income in any of the securities described in section 20
of the Trust Act, 1882, or in the purchase of immovable property or in such
other manner, as it may determine, with the like power of varying such
investments;
(viii) to receive and manage any property transferred,
and grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other
contributions made to the College;
(ix) to govern and regulate the finance, accounts and
investments of the College and for that purpose, to appoint such agents as it
may think fit;
(x) to determine the form, custody and regulate the
use of the Common Seal of the College;
(xi) to provide buildings, libraries, premises,
furniture, apparatus, equipment and other means required for carrying out the
work of the College;
(xii) to establish and maintain halls of residence and
hostels or approve or license hostels or lodgings for the residence of
students;
(xiii) to institute Professorship, Associate
Professorship, Assistant Professorship, Lectureship and other teaching posts or
to suspend or abolish such posts;
(xiv) to create, suspend or abolish such teaching,
research, training, extension, administration or other posts as may be
necessary and to appoint persons thereto;
(xv) to prescribe the terms and conditions of service
of teaching and non‑teaching staff including their qualifications,
experience and eligibility for appointment and to appoint, confer, suspend,
remove, dismiss or take disciplinary action against the staff in the prescribed
manner;
(xvi) to institute Emeritus Professorship and make
these appointments on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;
(xvii) to confer Honorary Degrees in accordance with
the conditions prescribed;
(xviii) to prescribe the duties of officers, teachers
and other employees of the College;
(xix) to institute fellowships, scholarships, medals
and prizes; and
(xx) to promote cooperation with the Government,
national and international organizations and universities in activities falling
within the purview of the College;
5. Principal.‑‑(1) The Government shall, in consultation with the Board of
Governors, appoint a Principal of the College whose qualifications and terms
and conditions of service shall be such as may be determined by the Board.
(2) The Principal shall be the Chief Executive of the
College and shall perform such functions as may be prescribed or assigned to
him by the Board.
6. Committees. The Board may constitute such committees as may be deemed necessary for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
7 Appointments.‑‑(1) The College may appoint such persons in its
service as may be necessary on the terms and conditions as may be determined by
the Board.
(2) All persons serving the College, in any capacity,
immediately before the commencement of this Act unless absorbed in the service
of the College, shall remain on deputation or loan, liable to be transferred to
their parent Department at any time.
8. Delegation of powers. The Board may delegate to any person or a committee
any of its powers, duties or functions.
9. Business of the Board.‑‑(1) The meetings and the business of
the Board shall be conducted in such manner and in accordance with such
procedure as may be prescribed and until these matters are prescribed, as may
be determined by the Board.
(2) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid
by reason of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Board.
10. Functions and powers of the College. The functions and powers of the College shall be,---
(i) to provide instruction, tuition, training,
research, demonstration and service in the fields of Arts and Sciences and
applied disciplines at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels.
(ii) to perform academic functions to achieve its
objectives;
(iii) to prescribe criteria of admission, migration
and examination of students;
(iv) to admit and examine students;
(v) to award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other
academic distinctions;
(vi) to select, appoint and promote academic and
administrative staff;
(vii) to frame and prescribe courses of study;
(viii) to provide for research and printing and
publication of research and other works;
(ix) to decide teaching methods and strategies, as
well as co curricular activities in order to ensure the most effective
educational and other related programmes;
(x) to accept examinations passed and the periods of
study spent by students at other colleges or universities or institutions and
places of learning as equivalent to such examination and study in the College
as it may determine and to withdraw such acceptance;
(xi) to make provision for research, consultancy and
advisory service and with these objectives to enter into arrangements with
other institutions or with public bodies tinder prescribed conditions;
(xii) to affiliate or associate itself with other
institutions within
(xiii) to introduce, suspend or abolish any of the
disciplines; and
(xiv) to do such other acts and things whether
incidental to the powers aforesaid or not as may be requisite in order to
further the objects of the College as a place of education, learning and
research.
11. College fund.‑‑(1) There shall be a fund to be known as the
"Government College" Fund which shall vest in the College and to
which shall be credited all sums received by the College.
(2) The fund shall be kept in such custody and shall
be utilized and regulated in such manner as may be prescribed.
12. Budget, audit and accounts. The budget of the College shall be approved and its
accounts shall be maintained and audited in such manner as may be prescribed.
13. Rules.
The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes
of this Act.
14. Regulations. The Board may, by notification, make regulations not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder for the administration
and management of the affairs of the College.
15. Savings. Upon
the commencement of this Act,---
(a) all funds, properties, rights and interests of
whatsoever kind issued, used, enjoyed, possessed, owned or vested in the
Government College Lahore existing immediately before the commencement of this
Act and all liabilities subsisting against the said College shall stand
transferred to the College established under this Act; and
(b) everything done, action taken, obligations and
liabilities incurred, rights and assets acquired, persons appointed or
authorized, jurisdictions or powers conferred, endowments, bequests, funds or
trusts created, donations or grants made, orders issued and rules or
regulations made by or in relation to the Government College Lahore existing
immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been
respectively done, taken, incurred, acquired, appointed, conferred, created,
made or issued under this Act.
16. Removal of difficulties. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of
the provisions of this Act, the Government may, on the recommendations of the
Board give such directions, not inconsistent with the said provisions, as it
may consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty.
17. Repeal.
The
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