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[1]The University of Chakwal Act, 2019
ACT I OF 2020
[9th
January 2020]
An Act to
provide for the establishment of University of Chakwal.
It
is necessary to provide for the establishment of University of Chakwal and to
deal with ancillary matters.
Be it enacted by Provincial
Assembly of the Punjab as follows:---
1. Short
title and Commencement. (1) This Act may be cited as the University of
Chakwal Act, 2019.
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions. In this Act:---
(a) Academic Council means the Academic
Council of the University;
(b) Act means the University of Chakwal Act 2019;
(c) affiliated college means a college or
institute affiliated with the University;
(d) Authority means an Authority of the
University;
(e) Chairperson means the head of an
academic department;
(f) Chancellor means Chancellor of the
University;
(g) Commission means the Higher Education
Commission established under the Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002
(LIII of 2002);
(h) constituent college means a college
maintained and administered by the University;
(i) Controller of Examinations means
Controller of Examinations of the University;
(j) Dean means the head of a Faculty of
the University;
(k) department means a teaching or research
department maintained and administered by the University in the prescribed
manner;
(l) Faculty means an administrative and
academic unit of the University consisting of one or more departments or a
constituent institute or a constituent college;
(m) Government means Government of the
Punjab;
(n) institute means an institute
established, maintained and administered by the University;
(o) prescribed means
prescribed by
the statutes, regulations or rules;
(p) Principal means the head of a
constituent college and includes Director of a constituent institute;
(q) Pro-Chancellor means Pro-Chancellor of
the University;
(r) Pro-Vice Chancellor means Pro-Vice
Chancellor of the University;
(s) Punjab Higher Education Commission
means the Punjab Higher Education Commission set up under the Punjab Higher
Education Commission Act 2014 (I of 2015);
(t) Registrar means Registrar of the
University;
(u) statutes, regulations and rules
respectively mean the statutes, regulations and rules made or deemed to have
been made under the Act;
(v) student means a student of the
University;
(w) Syndicate means Syndicate of the
University;
(x)
teacher includes a Professor,
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or Lecturer, Teaching Assistant,
Demonstrator and Instructor engaged whole time by the University and such other
person as may be prescribed;
(y) Treasurer means Treasurer of the
University;
(z) University means the University of
Chakwal; and
(aa) Vice Chancellor means
Vice Chancellor of
the University.
3. Incorporation. (1) As soon as may be after the
commencement of the Act, the Government Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal
and Old Kachehri and Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and
Technology, Taxila shall, by notification in the official Gazette, be
reconstituted as the University of Chakwal in accordance with the provisions of
the Act.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate
by the name of University of Chakwal and shall have a perpetual succession and
a common seal and may, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The University shall be competent to
acquire and hold property both movable and immoveable and lease, sell or
otherwise transfer any movable or immoveable property which vests in or has
been acquired by it subject to approval of the Government.
(4) The University may, with the approval of
the Government, open or administer a sub-campus of the University after the
expiry of ten years from the establishment of the University.
(5) Any property owned or possessed, and all
rights and all interests held or enjoyed by, and all liabilities subsisting
against Government Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal and Old Kachehri and
Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila,
shall stand transferred to the University.
(6) All employees of the Government, regular
or on contract, serving the Government Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal
and Old Kachehri and Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and
Technology, Taxila, immediately before coming into force of the Act, shall be
considered on deputation with the University but they shall not be entitled to
any deputation allowance and shall be liable to be transferred to the
University.
(7) Subject to the procedure notified by the
University, an employee serving the Government Postgraduate College for Boys,
Chakwal and Old Kachehri and Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of Engineering
and Technology, Taxila, on deputation with the University under subsection (6),
may, within three hundred and sixty five days from the date of coming into
force of the Act, opt for absorption in the service of the University on such
terms and conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed but such terms and
conditions shall not be less favourable than those admissible to such an
employee while in service of the
Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal and Old Kachehri and Balkasar
Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, immediately
before his deputation under subsection (6).
4. Functions
of the University. (1) The University
shall:---
(a) provide for instructions in such
branches of learning as it may deem fit, and make provisions for teaching,
training, research and for the application, advancement and dissemination of
knowledge in such manner as it may determine;
(b) prescribe courses of studies;
(c) hold examinations in the prescribed
manner and, if a person qualifies the examination, award degree, diploma,
certificate and other academic distinction to the person;
(d) confer degree on a person who has
successfully conducted research in the prescribed manner;
(e) create posts in connection with
teaching, research, administration, and for any other purpose related thereto
and appoint persons against those posts;
(f) establish and support other facilities
for education, training and research;
(g) institute and award financial assistance
to students in need, fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes in
the prescribed manner;
(h) establish academic departments,
Faculties, constituent colleges and institutes for the development of teaching
and research and make such arrangements for their maintenance, management and
administration, as it may determine;
(i) establish either through its own sources
or public-private partnership and maintain University halls of residence for
its students and staff and approve any place as hostel or lodging for students
and staff;
(j) supervise and control the discipline of
students of the University;
(k) maintain order, discipline and security
in a campus of the University;
(l) take disciplinary action against and
impose penalty on students in the prescribed manner;
(m) charge and receive such fees and other
payments as it may determine;
(n) receive and manage property (acquired or
transferred), grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other
contributions, made to the University, and invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts,
gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem
fit;
(o) provide for the printing and publication
of research and other work in the prescribed manner;
(p) provide career counselling and job search
services to the students and alumni;
(q) promote co-curricular and recreational
activities of the students and make arrangements for promoting health and
general welfare of the students; and
(r) perform any other prescribed or
ancillary function.
(2) The University may:---
(a) institute programmes for the exchange of
students and teachers between the University and any other university,
educational institution or research organization;
(b) develop and implement fund-raising plans;
(c) accept an examination and the period of
study spent by a student at any other university or place of learning
equivalent to an examination or period of study of the University and may
withdraw such acceptance;
(d) cooperate with a public authority,
university or private organization in the prescribed manner;
(e) make provisions for research, advisory
or consultancy services and enter into arrangements with any other institution,
public or private body, commercial or industrial enterprise in the prescribed
manner;
(f) print and publish research or work;
(g) exercise any power ancillary to the above
powers or as may be prescribed;
(h) admit any college or other educational
institution to its privileges or without such privileges in the prescribed
manner;
(i) affiliate or de-affiliate a college or
any other educational institution in the prescribed manner; and
(j) carry out any development projects of
university through public-private partnerships subject to approval by the
Government.
5. Jurisdiction of the University. The
jurisdiction of the University shall extend to Province of the Punjab.
6. University
to be open to all classes and creeds. The University shall be open to all
persons irrespective of gender, religion, race, creed, class or colour and no
person shall be denied the privileges of the University on any such ground.
7. Fee and other charges.(1) The
University may prescribe and, from time to time, increase fee and other charges
with the approval of the Syndicate.
(2) The Government may direct the University to maintain a
specific fee structure for any of its constituent colleges or any programs
being offered by the University, if warranted, under any special circumstances,
in the public interest.
8. Officers
of the University.
The following shall be the officers of the University:---
(a) Chancellor;
(b) Pro-Chancellor;
(c) Vice
Chancellor;
(d) Pro-Vice
Chancellor;
(e) Principals;
(f) Directors;
(g) Deans;
(h) Chairpersons;
(i) Teachers;
(j) Registrar;
(k) Treasurer;
(l) Controller
of Examinations;
(m) Resident
Auditor; and
(n) such
other persons as may be prescribed.
9. Chancellor. (1) Governor of
the Punjab shall be the Chancellor of the University.
(2) The
University may, subject to prior approval of the Chancellor, confer an honorary
degree on a person of eminence.
(3) The
Chancellor or a nominee of the Chancellor shall preside at convocation of the
University.
(4) In
the performance of his functions under the Act, the Chancellor shall act and
shall be bound in the same manner as the Governor of a Province acts and is
bound under Article 105 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
10. Inspection
and inquiry.
(1) The Chancellor may direct inspection or inquiry into the affairs of the
University.
(2) The
Chancellor shall convey the views with regard to the result of the inspection
or inquiry to the Syndicate and may, after ascertaining the views of the
Syndicate, direct any remedial action to the Syndicate.
(3) The
Syndicate shall, within the time specified by the Chancellor, submit report to
the Chancellor about the action taken on the direction of the Chancellor.
(4) If
the Syndicate fails to take action to the satisfaction of the Chancellor within
the specified time, the Chancellor may issue such direction as the Chancellor
deems appropriate, and the Syndicate shall comply with the direction.
(5) The
Chancellor may set aside a decision or action of the Syndicate, which, in the
opinion of the Chancellor, is against the law, interest of academic excellence
of the University, religious or cultural ideology, or national integrity.
11. Revisional
powers of the Chancellor.
The Chancellor may, on his own motion or otherwise, call for and examine the
record of any proceedings in which an order has been passed by any Authority
for purposes of satisfying himself as to the correctness, legality or propriety
of any finding or order and may pass such orders as he may deem fit but no
order shall be so passed unless the person likely to be affected thereby is
afforded an opportunity of being heard.
12. Pro-Chancellor. (1) Minister for Higher
Education of the Government shall be the Pro-Chancellor of the University.
(2) The
Pro-Chancellor shall perform functions under the Act and exercise such powers
of the Chancellor, except the powers under section 10, as may be prescribed or
assigned to him by the Chancellor.
13. Appointment of the Vice Chancellor. (1) A person who is eligible and
who is not more than sixty five years of age on the last date fixed for
submission of applications for the post of the Vice Chancellor may apply for
the post.
(2) The
Chancellor shall determine, by notification in the official Gazette, the
qualifications, experience and other relevant requirements for the post of the
Vice Chancellor.
(3) The
Chancellor shall constitute, for a term of two years, a Search Committee
consisting of not less than three and not more than five members for making
recommendations for appointment of the Vice Chancellor.
(4) The
Search Committee shall follow such procedure and criteria, for selection of the
panel for the post of the Vice Chancellor, as the Chancellor may, by
notification, determine.
(5) The
Search Committee shall recommend to the Chancellor, in order of merit, a panel
of three persons, who, in its opinion, are suitable for appointment as the Vice
Chancellor.
(6) The
Chancellor shall appoint the Vice Chancellor for each term of four years but he
shall serve during the pleasure of the Chancellor.
(7) The
Chancellor shall determine the terms and conditions of service of the Vice
Chancellor.
(8) The
incumbent Vice Chancellor shall not be allowed any extension in his tenure but
subject to eligibility he may again compete for the post of the Vice Chancellor
in accordance with the procedure prescribed by or under this section.
(9) If
the office of the Vice Chancellor is vacant or the Vice Chancellor is absent or
is unable to perform the functions of the Vice Chancellor owing to any cause,
the Pro-Vice Chancellor shall perform the functions of the Vice Chancellor but,
if at any time, the office of Pro-Vice Chancellor is also vacant or the
Pro-Vice Chancellor is absent or is unable to perform the functions of the Vice
Chancellor owing to any cause, the Chancellor shall make temporary arrangements
for the performance of the duties of the Vice Chancellor but the period of such
temporary arrangements shall not exceed six months.
(10) The Pro-Vice Chancellor or any other person acting as Vice
Chancellor under subsection (9) shall not, in any case, perform the functions
of the Vice Chancellor for the period of more than six months and the
Chancellor shall, within this period, ensure appointment of the Vice Chancellor
under this section.
14. Powers of the Vice Chancellor. (1) The Vice Chancellor shall be the chief
executive and academic
officer of the University and shall ensure that the
provisions of the Act, statutes, regulations and
rules are faithfully observed in order
to promote teaching, research, technological development,
publications, administration and the general efficiency and good order of the
University.
(2) The
Vice Chancellor shall preside over the meetings of the Authorities of which he
is the Chairperson and be entitled to attend and preside over any meeting of
any other Authority or body of the University.
(3) Subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Vice Chancellor may, only in a
financial matter / emergency, take an action which is not otherwise in the
competence of the Vice Chancellor but is in the competence of any other
Authority.
(4) The
Vice Chancellor shall, within fifteen days of taking an action under subsection
(3), submit a report to the members of the Syndicate; and, the Syndicate shall,
within sixty days of the action of the Vice Chancellor, pass such orders as it
may deem appropriate.
(5) Subject
to the general supervision and control of the Syndicate, the Vice Chancellor
may:---
(a) direct a teacher, officer or other
employee of the University to take up such assignment in connection with
examination, administration or any other activity in relation to the
University;
(b) sanction by re-appropriation an amount
for an unforeseen item not provided for in the budget of the University;
(c) make appointments of employees of the
University in BS-16 or below in such manner as may be prescribed;
(d) take disciplinary action against a
teacher, officer or any other (f) employee of the University in the prescribed
manner;
(e) delegate, subject to such conditions as
may be prescribed, any of his powers to a teacher or officer of the University;
and
(f) exercise such other powers as may be
prescribed or as may be assigned by the Syndicate.
(6) The
Vice Chancellor shall prepare an annual report containing information as
regards the preceding academic year including disclosure of all relevant facts
pertaining to academics, research, administration and finances of the
University.
(7) The
Vice Chancellor shall, within three months of the conclusion of an academic
year, submit the annual report of the University to the Syndicate.
15. Pro-Vice Chancellor. (1) The
Chancellor shall nominate the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University, from
amongst three senior most Professors of the University, for a term of three
years.
(2) A
Pro-Vice Chancellor shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him
under the Act, statutes or regulations.
(3) The
Syndicate or the Vice Chancellor may assign any other functions to the Pro-Vice
Chancellor in addition to his duties as Professor.
16. Registrar. (1) The Vice
Chancellor shall recommend to the Government, in order of merit, a panel of
three persons short-listed through a competitive process as may be prescribed
by the Administrative Department, for appointment as Registrar.
(2) The
Government shall appoint the Registrar for each term of three years in such
manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, however, the
Registrar shall work during the pleasure of the Government.
(3) The
Government shall not appoint a person as Registrar unless he possesses the
prescribed qualifications and experience.
(4) The
Registrar shall be a wholetime officer of the University and shall:---
(a) be the administrative head of the
secretariat of the University and be responsible for the provision of
secretarial support to the Syndicate and the Vice Chancellor;
(b) be the custodian of the common seal and
the academic records of the University;
(c) maintain a register of the students and
graduates in the prescribed manner;
(d) supervise the process of election,
appointment or nomination of a member to an authority or body of the University
in the prescribed manner; and
(e) perform such other duties as may be
prescribed, or as may be assigned by the Vice Chancellor or the Syndicate.
17. Treasurer. (1) The
Chancellor shall, on the recommendations of the Syndicate, appoint the
Treasurer on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and until so prescribed as the
Chancellor may determine.
(2) A
person shall not be appointed as Treasurer unless he possesses the prescribed
qualifications and experience.
(3) The
Treasurer shall be a wholetime officer of the University and shall:
(a) manage the assets, liabilities,
receipts, expenditures, funds and investments of the University;
(b) prepare the annual and revised budget
estimates of the University and present the estimates to the Syndicate;
(c) ensure that the funds of the University
are spent according to the budget or any other special arrangement;
(d) ensure that the accounts of the
University are audited annually and are available for submission to the
Syndicate within six months of the end of a financial year; and
(e) perform such other functions as are
prescribed or as may be assigned to him by the Vice Chancellor or the
Syndicate.
(4) The
Treasurer shall hold office for each term of three years.
18. Controller
of Examinations.
(1) The Chancellor shall, on the recommendations of the Syndicate, appoint the
Controller of Examinations on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed
and until so prescribed as the
Chancellor may determine.
(2) A
person shall not be appointed as Controller of Examinations unless he possesses
the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(3) The
Controller of Examinations shall be a wholetime officer of the University and
shall be responsible for all matters connected with the conduct of examinations
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed or assigned by the
Vice Chancellor or the Syndicate.
(4) The
Controller of Examinations shall hold office for each term of three years.
19. Resident Auditor. (1) The
Syndicate shall appoint, on deputation, a Resident Auditor of the University
from amongst the panel recommended by the Government.
(2) The
University shall request the Government to send a panel of three Government
officers qualified to be appointed as the Resident Auditor of the University.
(3) The
Resident Auditor shall hold office for each term of three years.
(4) The
Resident Auditor shall perform such functions as are prescribed or as the
Syndicate may assign.
20. Other appointments. The University
may appoint such persons in its service as may be necessary in such manner and
on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
21. Authorities of the University. (1) The
following shall be the Authorities of the University:---
(a) Syndicate;
(b) Academic Council;
(c) Boards of Faculties;
(d) Board of Advanced Studies and Research;
(e) Boards of Studies
(f) Selection Board;
(g) Finance Committee;
(h) Planning and Development Committee; and
(i) such other Authorities as may be
prescribed under the statutes.
(2) The
Syndicate may constitute committees consisting of the members of the Syndicate
or it may create committees consisting of members of the Syndicate or teachers
or officers of the University or a combination of all or any of such persons.
22. Syndicate. (1) The
Syndicate shall consist of:---
(a) Pro Chancellor who shall be its
Chairperson;
(b) Vice Chancellor;
(c) Pro-Vice Chancellor;
(d) Secretary to the Government, Higher
Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(e) Secretary to the Government, Finance
Department or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(f) Secretary to the Government, Law and
Parliamentary Affairs Department or a nominee not below the rank of Additional
Secretary;
(g) Chairperson of the Commission or his
nominee not below the rank of a whole-time Member of the Commission;
(h) Chairperson of the Punjab Higher
Education Commission or his nominee not below the rank of a whole-time member
of the Commission;
(i) Three members of Provincial Assembly of
the Punjab, including at least one female member of the Assembly to be
nominated by the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab;
(j) one Vice Chancellor of any University
in the public sector in the Punjab to be nominated by the Chancellor;
(k) two Deans to be nominated by the
Chancellor;
(l) one Principal or Director of a
constituent college or a constituent institute to be nominated by the
Administrative Department;
(m) one Principal of an affiliated college or
institute to be nominated by the Administrative Department; and
(n) five persons of eminence from the
private sector, including at least two women to be nominated by the Chancellor.
(2) The
Registrar will be the Secretary of the Syndicate.
(3) The
Pro-Chancellor may nominate a member of the Syndicate to preside over a meeting
of the Syndicate in the absence of the Pro-Chancellor.
(4) The
members of the Syndicate, other than ex-officio members, shall be appointed for
three years but they shall serve during the pleasure of the Chancellor.
(5) The
quorum for a meeting of the Syndicate shall be one half of the total number of
members, a fraction being counted as one.
(6) A
meeting of the Syndicate shall be held in such manner as may be prescribed and
until so prescribed as the Chairperson determines.
(7) The
Syndicate shall take decision by majority of the votes of members present and
voting and the Registrar shall clearly reflect in the minutes of the meeting
the dissent, if any, along with the reasons of such dissent.
23. Powers and duties of the Syndicate. (1) The
Syndicate shall be the executive body of the University and shall, subject to
the provisions of the Act and the statutes, take effective measures to raise
the standard of teaching, research, technological development, publication and
other academic pursuits and exercise general supervision over the affairs of
the University and management of the property of the University.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers and subject to the
provisions of the Act, the Syndicate may:---
(a)
hold, control and administer the
property and funds of the University;
(b)
govern and regulate, with due
regard to the advice of the Finance and Planning Committee, the finances,
accounts and investments of the University and for that purpose, to appoint
such agents as it may deem fit; consider and approve the annual report, the
annual and revised budget estimates and to re-appropriate funds from one major
head of expenditure to another;
(c)
transfer and accept transfer of
movable or immovable property on behalf of the University;
(d)
enter into, vary, carry out or
cancel contracts on behalf of the University;
(e)
cause proper books of account to be
kept for all sums of money received and expended by the University and for the
assets and liabilities of the University;
(f)
invest any money belonging to the
University including any unapplied income in any of the securities described in
section 20 of the Trusts Act 1882 (II of
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;
(g)
receive and manage any property
transferred, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other
contributions made to the University;
(h)
determine the form, custody and
regulation of the use of the common seal of the University;
(i)
provide buildings, libraries,
premises, furniture, apparatus, equipment and other means required for carrying
out the work of the University;
(j)
establish and maintain halls of residence
and hostels or approve or license hostels or lodgings for the residence
of students;
(k)
affiliate or de-affiliate colleges
and institutes;
(l)
admit educational institutions to
the privileges of the University and withdraw such privileges;
(m)
arrange for the inspection of the
academic departments;
(n)
institute posts of Professors, Associate
Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and other posts, and suspend or
abolish such posts;
(o)
create, suspend or abolish such
administrative, technical, research, extension or other posts as may be
necessary;
(p)
appoint University teachers and
other officers on the recommendation of the Selection Board for teaching and
other managerial posts;
(q)
confer, with prior approval of the
Chancellor, an honorary degree on a person of eminence;
(r)
prescribe the duties of the
officers, teachers and other employees of the University and of those working
in the University on deputation or on contract;
(s)
appoint members to the various
Authorities, committees and bodies in the prescribed manner;
(t)
remove any person from the
membership of any Authority if such person has accepted any assignment which
involves absence from the University for a continuous period of six months or
more;
(u)
regulate, determine and administer,
all other matters concerning the University and to this end exercise all
necessary powers not specifically mentioned in the Act and statutes but not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Act or the statutes;
(v)
appoint Professor Emeritus on such
terms and conditions as may be prescribed;
(w)
suspend, punish and remove from
service in the prescribed manner officers, teachers and employees whom it is
empowered to appoint;
(x)
consider and approve regulations
recommended by the Academic Council;
(y)
approve statutes and recommend
those drafts of the statutes, for approval of the Chancellor, which pertain to
terms and conditions of service of the University employees;
(z)
delegate any of its powers to an
Authority or officer or a committee or sub-committee; and
(aa)
perform such other functions as may
be assigned to it under the Act and the statutes.
(3) The
Syndicate may delegate any of its functions to an Authority or officer or a
committee or sub-committee except the following functions:---
(a)
approval of statutes or
recommendation of the drafts of the statutes to the Chancellor;
(b)
approval of regulations;
(c)
approval of annual budget of the
University, annual report, the annual and revised budget estimates and
re-appropriation of funds from one major head of expenditure to another;
(d)
approval of investment or purchase
of immovable property by the University; and
(e)
(f)
transfer of immovable property of
the University.
24. Academic Council. (1) The Academic Council shall consist of:---
(a)
Vice Chancellor (Chairperson);
(b)
Pro-Vice Chancellor;
(c)
Principals or Directors of
constituent colleges or institutes
(d)
Deans;
(e)
Director, Board of Advanced Studies
and Research;
(f)
two senior most Professors, other
than ex-officio members, from each
academic department;
(g)
all Professors Emeritus;
(h)
Chairpersons of the academic
departments;
(i)
four University teachers, other
than Professors, two from each category of Associate professors and Assistant
Professors, to be appointed by the Syndicate;
(j)
three persons eminent in sciences,
social sciences and Arts, of whom one shall be from each category and shall
include at least one woman from any of the categories, to be nominated by the
Chancellor in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor;
(k)
Secretary to Government, Higher
Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary;
(l)
Director Public Instructions
(Colleges) of the Government;
(m)
Librarian of the University;
(n)
Controller of Examinations;
(o)
five experts in the field of
education, including at least two women, to be nominated by the Chancellor; and
(p)
Registrar (Member/Secretary).
(2) A
Member of the Academic Council appointed by nomination shall hold office for
three years; and, if the office of any such member becomes vacant before the
expiry of the term, the vacancy shall be filled for the remaining period in the
prescribed manner.
(3) The
quorum for a meeting of the Academic Council shall be one-third of the total
number of members, a fraction being counted as one.
25. Powers and duties of the Academic Council. (1) The
Academic Council shall be the academic body of the University and may lay down
proper standards of instruction, research, publication and examination and
regulate and promote the academic life of the University and its constituent
and affiliated colleges/institutes.
(2) In
particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision,
the Academic Council may:---
(a)
advise the Syndicate on academic
matters;
(b)
regulate teaching, research and
examinations;
(c)
regulate the admission of students
to the courses of studies and examinations of the University and affiliated
colleges;
(d)
regulate the award of studentships,
scholarships, medals and prizes;
(e)
regulate the conduct and discipline
of students of the University and affiliated colleges;
(f)
propose to the Syndicate schemes
for the constitution and organization of faculties, institutes and other
academic bodies;
(g)
propose regulations on the
recommendations of the Boards of Faculties and the Boards of Studies for
consideration and approval of the Syndicate;
(h)
propose for each academic year, on the recommendations
of the Boards of Studies, regulations prescribing
the courses of studies, the syllabi
and the outlines of
tests for all examinations;
provided that, if
the recommendations of a Board of Faculties
or the Board of Studies
are not received by the prescribed date, the Academic
Council may, subject to the approval of the Syndicate, permit such regulations to continue for
the following years;
(i)
recognize the examinations of other
Universities or examining bodies as equivalent to the corresponding
examinations of the University;
(j)
appoint members to the Authorities
in accordance with the provisions of the Act; and
(k)
perform such other functions as may
be prescribed by the statutes or assigned by the Syndicate.
26. Board
of Faculty.
(1) There shall be a Board of Faculty for each Faculty which shall consist of:---
(a)
Dean of the Faculty (Chairperson);
(b)
Professors and the Chairpersons in
the Faculty;
(c)
two members to be nominated by the
Academic Council on the basis of their specialized knowledge of the subjects
which, though not assigned to the Faculty, have in the opinion of the Academic Council,
important bearing on the subjects assigned to the Faculty;
(d)
two experts, including at least one
woman, in the field from outside the University to be appointed by the
Syndicate; and
(e)
one member from amongst the
officers of the University to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of the Principal of the constituent college or Director of a
constituent institute.
(2) The
members other than ex-officio members of a Board of Faculty shall hold office
for a period of three years.
(3) The
quorum for a meeting of a Board of Faculty shall be one half of the total
number of members, a fraction being counted as one.
(4) A
Board of Faculty, subject to the general control of the Syndicate and Academic
Council, may:---
(a)
co-ordinate the teaching and
research work in the subjects assigned to the Faculty;
(b)
scrutinize the recommendations of a
Board of Studies comprising a 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
Vice Chancellor;
(c)
consider any other academic matter
relating to the Faculty and submit its report to the Academic Council;
(d)
prepare a comprehensive annual
report regarding the performance of each department in the Faculty for
presentation to the Academic Council; and
(e)
perform such other functions as may
be prescribed by the statutes.
27. Board
of Advanced Studies and Research.
(1) The Board of Advanced Studies and Research shall consist of:---
(a)
Vice Chancellor (Chairperson);
(b)
All Principals and Directors of
constituent colleges and institutes;
(c)
all the Deans;
(d)
Controller of Examinations;
(e)
one University Professor from each
Faculty to be nominated by the Syndicate;
(f)
one member from amongst the
officers of the University to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor;
(g)
three members from the relevant
field, research organizations and Government, including at least one woman from
any of the categories, to be nominated by the Syndicate; and
(h)
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.
28. Functions
of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research. The Board of Advanced Studies
and Research shall:---
(a)
advise an Authority on all matters
connected with the promotion of advanced studies and research publication in
the University;
(b)
consider and report to an Authority
with regard to a research degree of the University;
(c)
propose regulations regarding the
award of a research degree;
(d)
appoint supervisors for a
postgraduate research student and to approve title and synopsis of a thesis or
dissertation;
(e)
recommend panels of names of
examiners for evaluation of a research examination; and
(f)
perform such other functions as may
be prescribed by the statutes.
29. Boards
of Studies.
(1) There shall be a separate Board of Studies for each subject or group of
subjects as may be prescribed by regulations.
(2) A
Board of Studies shall consist of:---
(a)
all the teachers of the department
concerned;
(b)
three to five experts or teachers,
other than University teachers, to be appointed by the Syndicate according to
the need of each Board; and
(c)
not more than five teachers of the
affiliated colleges teaching undergraduate and post-graduate courses in that
subject to be nominated by the Academic Council.
(3) The
term of office of members of a Board of Studies other than ex- officio members
shall be three years.
(4) The
quorum for meeting of the Board of Studies shall be one-half the number of
members, a fraction being counted as one.
(5) The
Chairperson of the concerned University Teaching Department shall be the
Chairperson and Convener of the Board of Studies.
30. Functions of Boards of Studies. A Board of
Studies shall perform the following functions:---
(a)
advise the Authorities on all
academic matters connected with instruction, publication, research and
examination in the subject or subjects concerned;
(b)
proposing curricula and syllabi for
all degree, diploma and certificate courses in the subject or subjects
concerned;
(c)
suggesting a panel of names of paper
setters and examiners in the subject or subjects concerned; and
(d)
undertaking such other functions as
may be prescribed by Regulations.
31. Selection Board. (1) The
Selection Board shall consist of:---
(a)
Vice Chancellor (Chairperson);
(b)
Secretary to the Government, Higher
Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary;
(c)
Principal or Director of the
constituent college or institute;
(d)
Dean of the faculty concerned;
(e)
Chairperson concerned;
(f)
one member of the Syndicate to be nominated
by the Syndicate;
(g)
one eminent scholar to be nominated
by the Syndicate;
(h)
two experts, including at least one
woman, to be nominated by the Government; and
(i)
Registrar (Secretary).
(2) The
members, other than ex-officio members, shall hold office for a period of three
years.
(3) Five
members including at least one expert shall constitute the quorum for a meeting
of the Selection Board.
(4) No
member who is a candidate or whose family member is a candidate, for a post to
which appointment is to be made, shall take part in the proceedings of the
Selection Board for selection of a candidate on such post.
(5) In
selection of candidates for the post of Professor or Associate Professor, the
Selection Board shall co-opt or consult three experts in the subject and in
selecting candidates for any other teaching post, two experts in the subject,
to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor from a standing list of experts for each
subject approved by the Syndicate.
(6) The
Syndicate may approve or revise the standing list of experts of a subject on
recommendations of the Selection Board.
32. Functions
of the Selection Board. The Selection Board shall:---
(a)
consider the applications and
recommend to the Syndicate, the names of suitable candidates for appointment to
teaching and other posts and recommend suitable salary for the selected
candidate; and
(b)
consider all cases of promotion of
officers of the University and recommend the names of suitable candidates for
such promotion to the Syndicate.
33. Finance and Planning Committee. (1) The Finance
and Planning Committee shall consist of:---
(a)
Vice Chancellor (Chairperson);
(b)
All Principals or Directors of
constituent colleges or institutes;
(c)
all the Deans;
(d)
one member of the Syndicate to be
nominated by the Syndicate;
(e)
one member of the Academic Council
to be nominated by the Academic Council;
(f)
one representative each from Higher
Education Department and Finance Department of the Government not below the
rank of a Deputy Secretary;
(g)
Director Planning or any other nominee
of the Commission;
(h)
one nominee of Punjab Higher
Education Commission who deals with Finance and Planning;
(i)
Registrar; and
(j)
Treasurer (Secretary).
(2) The
term of office of the nominated members shall be three years.
(3) Six
members of the Finance and Planning Committee shall constitute the quorum for a
meeting of the Finance and Planning Committee.
34. Functions of the Finance and Planning Committee. The Finance and
Planning Committee shall:---
(a)
prepare the annual statement of
accounts and propose annual budget estimates and make recommendations to the
Syndicate;
(b)
review periodically the financial
position of the University;
(c)
advise the Syndicate on all matters
relating to finance, investments and accounts of the University; and
(d)
perform such other functions as may
be prescribed by the statutes.
35. Appointment of Committees by Authorities. Any Authority
may constitute such standing, special or advisory committees as it may deem
fit, and may also appoint on such committees such persons as are not its
members.
STATUTES,
REGULATIONS AND RULES
36. Statutes. (1) Subject to
the provisions of the Act, the Syndicate may make statutes or recommend
statutes relating to the matters specified in clauses(a) and (b) of subsection (2) to the Chancellor.
(2) The
statutes may be made to provide for and regulate all or any of the following
matters:---
(a)
scales of pay, method of
recruitment and other terms and conditions of service of officers, teachers and
other employees of the University and the constitution of their pension,
insurance, gratuity, provident fund and benevolent fund;
(b)
conduct and discipline of the
officers, teachers and other employees of the University;
(c)
constitution, powers and duties of
the Authorities and conduct of elections to such Authorities and related
matters;
(d)
affiliation and de-affiliation of
colleges and institutes and related matters;
(e)
admission of educational
institutions to the privileges of the University and the withdrawal of such
privileges;
(f)
establishment of institutes,
colleges, faculties, departments and academic divisions;
(g)
powers and duties of officers,
teachers and employees of the University;
(h)
conditions for appointment of
Professors Emeritus;
(i)
conditions on which the University
may enter into arrangements with public bodies or other organizations for
purposes of research and advisory services;
(j)
general scheme of studies including
the duration of courses, the system of examinations and the number of subjects
and papers for examinations;
(k)
award of honorary degrees;
(l)
maintenance of register of students
and registered graduates; and
(m)
all other matters which are to be
prescribed or regulated by the statutes.
(3) The
Syndicate shall recommend statutes under clauses (a) and (b) of subsection (2)
to the Chancellor who may approve it with or without any modification or may
refer it back to the Syndicate for reconsideration or may reject the statutes.
37. Regulations. (1) Subject to
the provisions of the Act and the statutes, regulations may be framed for any
of the following matters:---
(a)
courses of study for degrees,
diplomas and certificates of the University;
(b)
manner in which the recognized
teaching is conducted in the University and constituent and affiliated
colleges;
(c)
admission of students to the
University and conditions under which they admitted or allowed to take courses
and examinations of the University and become eligible for the award of
degrees, diplomas and certificates;
(d)
conduct of examinations;
(e)
fees and other charges to be paid
by the students for admission to the courses of study and the examinations of
the University;
(f)
conduct and discipline of students
of the University;
(g)
conditions of residence of the
students of the University including the levying of fees for residence in halls
of residence and hostels;
(h)
approval and licensing of hostels
and lodgings;
(i)
conditions under which a person
should conduct research to entitle him to a degree;
(j)
institution of fellowships,
scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes;
(k)
institution of stipends and free
and half-free studentship;
(l)
academic costumes;
(m)
use of the library; and
(n)
establishment of academic
departments.
(2) The
Academic Council shall prepare and submit the regulations to the Syndicate and
the Syndicate may approve them with or without modifications or refer them back
to the Academic Council for reconsideration or reject them.
38. Rules. (1) An Authority or a body of
the University may make rules consistent with the Act, statutes and
regulations, to regulate the conduct of its business.
(2) The
Syndicate may direct any Authority or body of the University to amend or repeal
any rules made by the Authority or body.
39. University Fund. (1) There shall
be a Fund to be known as the University of Chakwal Fund to which shall be credited
all sums received by the University.
(2) The
University may accept donations in the shape of moneys, land, vehicles,
equipment or any other items that may facilitate the functioning of the
University and all such donations shall be used, maintained and disposed of by
the University in the prescribed manner.
40. Budget, audit and accounts. (1) 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 Syndicate.
(2) The
Syndicate may approve the budget of the University, appropriation of accounts
of the University and settle an audit para relating to the audit of the
University.
(3) The
Syndicate may delegate the power of appropriation or re- appropriation of funds
to an officer of the University.
(4) The
annual statement of accounts of the University signed by the Treasurer and the
Resident Auditor shall be submitted to the Government within six months of the
closing of the financial year.
(5) The
accounts of the University together with audit objections, if any, and the
observations of the Treasurer and the Resident Auditor shall, in the prescribed
manner, be presented to the Syndicate along with the observations of the
Finance and Planning Committee.
41. Appeal to Syndicate. (1) If an order
is passed by an Authority, body or officer of the University, other than the
Chancellor, and an appeal against the order
is not provided under the statutes or the regulations, any aggrieved
person may, within thirty days of the communication of the order, prefer an
appeal against the order to the Syndicate.
(2) The
Syndicate may constitute a committee of its members to hear and dispose of any
appeal on behalf of the Syndicate.
(3) If
a member of the Syndicate is the officer who passed the order or who is also
member of the Authority against whose order appeal is filed before the
Syndicate, such member shall not hear the appeal as member of the Syndicate or
committee constituted to hear and dispose of the appeal.
42 Tripartite mobility. (1) An officer
or teacher of the Government or employee
of the University, on recommendations of the Syndicate, may be directed to
serve in any post in the University or under the Government or in an
educational or research institution.
(2) The
Government may, in consultation with the Selection Board, place the services of
an employee of the Government or any other University or of an educational or
research institution at the disposal of the University in public interest.
(3) The
terms and conditions offered to a person appointed under this section shall not
be less favourable than those enjoyed by him immediately before his services
are placed at the disposal of the University, Government, educational or
research or any other institution, and full benefit of his previous service
shall be allowed until altered in accordance with law.
43. Transition.The Chancellor
shall constitute a Chancellors Committee to exercise the powers assigned to
the Syndicate under the Act till such time the Syndicate is constituted in
accordance with the provisions of the Act or until expiry of two years from the
date of establishment of the University, whichever is earlier.
44. Removal
of difficulties.
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of the Act,
the Government may give such directions, not inconsistent with the Act, as it
may consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty.
45. Indemnity. No suit or
legal proceedings shall lie against the Government, the University or any
Authority, officer or employee of the Government or the University or any
person in respect of anything which is done in good faith under the Act.
[1]This Act was passed
by the Punjab Assembly on 30 December 2019; assented to by the Governor of the
Punjab on 08 January 2020; and was published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 09 January 2020, pages
2787-2802.
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