#THE BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY ACT, 1915 

**(Modified as on 3rd December 2018)**
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Incorporation. 
4. University open to all classes, castes and creeds. 
4A. Powers of the University. 
5. Visitor. 
6. Officers of the University. 
7. Chancellor. 
7A. Powers of Chancellor. 
7B. Vice-Chancellor. 
7C. Powers and duties of Vice-Chancellor. 
8. Powers and duties of officers, terms of office and filling of casual vacancies. 
8A. Authorities of the University. 
9. The Court. 
10. Executive Council. 
11. The Academic Council. 
12. [Omitted.]. 
12A. Other authorities. 
12B. Disqualifications. 
13. Audit of accounts. 
13A. Annual Report. 
14. Permanent reserve to cover recurring charges. 
15. Maintenance and admission to privileges of Colleges. 
16. Recognition of degrees. 
16A. Pension or Provident Fund. 
16B. Conditions of service of officers and teachers.
16C. Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc. 
16D. Protection of action taken in good faith. 
17. Statutes. 
18. Ordinances. 
19. Power to make Regulations. 
19A. Constitution of boards and committees. 
20. Dissolution and transfer of property of the Hindu University Society. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY ACT, 1915 

##ACT NO. 16 OF 1915 

[1st October, 1915.] 

An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential Hindu University at Banaras. 

  WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential Hindu University at 
Banaras, and  to  dissolve  the  Hindu  University  Society,  a  Society  registered  under  the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), and to transfer to, and vest in, the said University, all property and 
rights now vested in the said Society; It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Banaras Hindu University 
Act, 1915. 

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

2. **Definitions.**—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

  (a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University. 

  (b) “college”  means  a  college  or teaching institution (other than  a  secondary,  primary  or  infant 
school or pathasala) maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of, the University; 

  (c) “Court” means the University Court; 

  (d) “Executive Council” means the University Executive Council; 

  (e) “Faculty” means a Faculty of the University; 

  (f) “Ordinances” means the Ordinances of the University for the time being in force; 

  (g) “Regulations” means the Regulations of the University for the time being in force; 

  (h) “Statutes” means the Statutes of the University for the time being in force; 

  (i) “teacher”  means  a  salaried  professor,  reader,  lecturer  or  tutor  who  imparts  instruction  in  a 
Faculty  of,  or  in  a  college  maintained  by,  the  University  and  includes  any  other  person  who  is 
declared to be a teacher by the Academic Council; 

  (j) “University” means the Banaras Hindu University.

3. **Incorporation.**— (1) The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Court, the 
Executive Council and the Academic Council, for the time being shall be a body corporate by the name of 
the Banaras Hindu University.

(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue, and be sued, by 
the name first aforesaid. 

4. **University open to all classes, castes and creeds.**—The University shall be open to persons of 
either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt 
or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be 
admitted therein, as a teacher or student, or to hold any office therein, or to graduate thereat, or to enjoy or 
exercise any privilege thereof, except in respect of any particular benefaction accepted by the University, 
where  such  test  is  made  a  condition  thereof  by  any  testamentary,  or other instrument  creating  such 
benefaction: 

  Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent religious instruction being given in 
the manner prescribed by the Ordinances to those  who,  or,  in  the  case  of  minors,  whose  parents  or 
guardians have given their consent thereto in writing. 

4A. **Powers of the University.**—The University shall have the following powers, namely:— 

(1) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as the University may think fit, and to 
make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge; 

(2) to promote the study of religion, literature, history, science and art of 
Vedic, Hindu, Buddhist,  Jain,  Islamic,  Sikh,  Christian,  Zoroastrian  and other civilisations  and 
cultures; 

(3) to  hold  examinations  and  to  grant  diplomas  and  certificates,  and  confer  degrees 
and other academic distinctions to and on persons— 

  (a) who shall have pursued a course of study in the University or in a college and passed the 
examination  or  who shall  have  carried  on  research  work  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
the Ordinances, or 

  (b) who  are  teachers  of  the  University  or  any  college  under  conditions  laid  down  in  the 
Statutes  or  the Ordinances  and shall  have  passed  the  examinations  of  the  University  under  like 
conditions, or 

  (c) who, being women, shall have pursued a course of private study in subjects provided for 
by  the Ordinances  and shall  have  passed  the  examinations  of  the  University  in  their subjects 
under conditions laid down in the Ordinances;

(4) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down in the Statutes; 

(5) to grant such diplomas or certificates to, and to provide such lectures and instruction for, 
persons not being members of the University as the University may determine; 

(5A) To withdraw degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;

(6) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as 
the University may determine; 

(7) to institute professorships, readerships, lectureships and other teaching posts required by the 
University  and  to  appoint  persons  to  such  professorships,  readerships  and  lectureships  and other 
posts; 

(8) to  institute  and  award  fellowships  (including  travelling  fellowships),  scholarships, 
studentships, exhibitions and prizes in accordance with the Statutes and the Ordinances; 

(9) to institute and maintain halls and hostels and to recognise places of residence for students of 
the University; 

(9A)  to  institute,  establish,  maintain,  reconstitute,  amalgamate,  divide  or  abolish  departments, 
faculties or colleges and carry out inspection thereof and inquiry in relation thereto;

(10) to demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be prescribed by the Ordinances; 

(11)  to  supervise  and  control  the  residence  and  to  regulate  the  discipline  of  students  of  the 
University, and to make arrangements for promoting their health and welfare. 

(12) to make special arrangements in respect of the residence, discipline, and teaching of women 
students; 

(12A) to regulate and enforce discipline among salaried officers, teachers and other employees 
of the University in accordance with the Statutes and Ordinances;

(13) to  create  administrative,  ministerial  and other necessary  posts  and  to  make  appointments 
thereto; 

(13A) to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of property, movable or immovable, including trust 
or endowed property, for the purposes of the University; 

(13B) with the approval of the Central Government, to borrow on the security of the property of 
the University, money for the purpose of the University;

(14) to do all 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 University.

5. **Visitor.**—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of the University. 

(2) The Visitor shall have the right to cause an inspection to be made, by such person or persons as he 
may  direct,  of  the  University,  its  buildings,  laboratories  and  equipment of any college and of any 
institution maintained by University, and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or 
done  by  the  University  and  to  cause  an  inquiry  to  be  made  in  like  manner  in  respect  of  any  matter 
connected with the University. 

(3) The Visitor shall in every case give notice to the University of his intention to cause an inspection 
or inquiry to be made, and the University shall be entitled to appoint a representative who shall have the 
right to be present and be heard at such inspection or inquiry. 

(4) The Visitor may address the Vice-Chancellor with reference to the result of such inspection and 
inquiry,  and  the  Vice-Chancellor  shall  communicate  to  the  Executive  Council  the  views  of  the  Visitor 
with such advice as the Visitor may offer upon the action to be taken thereon. 

(5) The Executive Council shall communicate through the Vice-Chancellor to the Visitor such action, 
if any, as it is proposed to take or has been taken upon the result of such inspection or inquiry. 

(6) Where the Executive Council does not, within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of 
the  Visitor,  the  Visitor  may,  after  considering  any  explanation  furnished  or representation  made  by  the 
Executive Council, issue such directions as he may think fit and the Executive Council shall be bound to 
comply with such directions. 

(7) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section the Visitor may, by order in writing, 
annul  any  proceeding  of  the  University  which  is  not  in  conformity  with  this  Act,  the  Statutes  or  the 
Ordinances: 

Provided  that  before  making  any  such  order,  he  shall  call  upon  the  University  to  show  cause  why 
such an order should not be made and if any cause is shown within a reasonable time, shall consider the 
same.

6. **Officers of the University.**—The following shall be the officers of the University, namely:— 

  (a) the Chancellor, 

  (b) the Vice-Chancellor, 

  (c) the Rector, 

  (d) the Registrar, 

  (e) the Finance Officer, 

  (f) the Deans of Faculties, 

  (g) the Dean of Students, 

  (h) the Librarian, 

  (i) the Chief Proctor, 

  (j) such other persons in the service of the University as may be declared by the Statutes to be the 
officers of the University. 

7. **Chancellor.**—(1) The Chancellor shall be elected by the Court and shall hold office for a term of 
three years: 

  Provided  that  the  Chancellor shall,  notwithstanding  the  expiration  of his  term,  continue  to  hold his 
office until the election of his successor. 

(2) If the office of the Chancellor becomes vacant, the functions of his office shall, until some person 
is elected under sub-section (1) to the vacant office, be performed by the Vice-Chancellor. 

7A. **Powers of Chancellor.**—(1)  The  Chancellor shall,  by  virtue  of his  office,  be  the  Head  of  the 
University. 

(2) The Chancellor shall, if present, preside at convocation of the University for conferring degrees 
and at all meetings of the Court. 

7B. **Vice-Chancellor.**— (1) The  Vice-Chancellor shall  be  appointed  by  the  Visitor  on  the 
recommendation of a Selection Committee constituted by the Visitor for the purpose: 

  Provided that, if the Visitor does not approve of such recommendation, he may call for one or more 
fresh recommendations.

(3) The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the University. 

(4) The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a term of three years from the date on which he enters 
upon his  office  and shall,  on  the  expiration  of his term  of  office,  be eligible for reappointment to  that 
office for a second term: 

  Provided  that  the  Vice-Chancellor shall,  notwithstanding  the  expiration  of his  term,  continue  to 
hold his office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office. 

(5) The  emoluments  and other terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Vice-Chancellor shall  be 
prescribed by the Statutes. 

(6) If the office of the Vice-Chancellor becomes vacant, the functions of his office shall, until some 
person is appointed under sub-section (1) to the vacant office, be performed by the Rector: 

  Provided  that  if  there  is  no  Rector,  the  Registrar shall  carry  on  the  current  duties  of  the  Vice-
Chancellor and call a meeting of the Executive Council forthwith and take its directions for the carrying 
on of the work of the University. 

7C. **Powers and duties of Vice-Chancellor.**—(1)  The  Vice-Chancellor  who shall  be  the principal 
executive and academic officer of the University, shall take rank next to the Chancellor and shall exercise 
general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of its 
authorities. 

(2) The Vice-Chancellor shall  be  the  ex  officio  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Council,  the  Academic 
Council and  the  Finance  Committee  and shall,  in  the  absence  of  the  Chancellor,  preside  at  any 
convocation  of  the  University  for  conferring  degrees  and  also  at  any meeting  of  the  Court;  he shall  be 
entitled  to  be  present  at  and  to  address  any meeting  of  any  authority  or  board  or  committee  of  the 
University  but shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote  thereat  unless  he  is  a member  of  such  authority  or  board  or 
committee. 

(3) It shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice-Chancellor  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  Statutes, 
the Ordinances and the Regulations are duly observed. 

(4) The  Vice-Chancellor shall  have  power  to  convene meetings  of  the  Court,  the  Executive 
Council, and the Academic Council and shall perform all such acts as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances. 

(5) If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Vice-Chancellor,  any  emergency  has  arisen  which  requires  immediate 
action to be taken, the Vice-Chancellor shall take such action as he deems necessary and shall report the 
same  for  approval  at  the  next meeting  to  the  authority  which,  in  the ordinary  course,  would  have  dealt 
with the matter: 

  Provided that, if the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor is not approved by the authority concerned, 
he may refer the matter to the Visitor, whose decision thereon shall be final. 

  Provided further that, where any such action taken by the Vice-Chancellor affects any person in the 
service  of  the  University,  such  person, shall  be  entitled  to  prefer,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  on 
which he receives notice of such action, an appeal to the Executive Council. 

(6) The  Vice-Chancellor shall  exercise  such other powers  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Statutes, 
the Ordinances or the Regulations.

8. **Powers and duties of officers, terms of office and filling of casual vacancies.**—Subject to the 
provisions of this Act, the powers and duties of the other officers of the University the term for which 
they shall hold office, and the filling up of casual vacancies in such offices, shall be provided for by the 
Statutes. 

8A. **Authorities of the University.**—The  following  shall  be  the  authorities  of  the  University, 
namely:— 

  (a) the Court, 

  (b) the Executive Council, 

  (c) the Academic Council, 

  (e) the Finance Committee, 

  (f) the Faculties, 

  (g) such  other  authorities  as  may  be  declared  by  the  Statutes  to  be  the  authorities  of  the 
University.

9. **The Court.**—The Court shall be an advisory body and its functions shall be— 

  (a) to advise the Visitor in respect of any matter which may be referred to it for advice; 

  (b) to advise any authority of the University in respect of any matter which may be referred to the 
Court by such authority; and 

  (c) to perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be assigned to it by the 
Visitor or under this Act.

10. **Executive Council.**—(1) The Executive Council shall, subject to the control of the Visitor be 
the executive body of the University and shall have charge of the management and administration of the 
revenue and property of the University and the conduct of all administrative affairs of the University not 
otherwise provided for. 

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Executive Council shall exercise such other powers and 
perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by the Statutes or the Ordinances.

11. **The Academic Council.**—(1)  The Academic Council shall be the  academic  body  of  the 
University  and, subject to the  Act, the  Statutes  and Ordinances shall have  charge  of 
the organization  of study and research in  the  University  and  the  Colleges,  the  courses  of  study  and 
the examination of students and the conferment of ordinary and honorary 
degrees and shall exercise  such other powers  and  perform  such other duties  as  may  be  conferred  or 
imposed on it by the Statutes and Ordinances, and shall have the right to advise the Executive Council on 
all academic matters. 

12. *[The  Standing  Committee  of  the  Academic  Council.]  Omitted  by  the  Banaras  Hindu  University 
(Amendment) Act* (34 of 1969), s. 7 (w.e.f. 5-9-1969). 

12A. **Other authorities.**—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  this  Act,  the  functions,  powers  and 
duties of the other authorities of the University shall be provided for by the Statutes. 

12B. **Disqualifications.**—(1) A  person shall  be  disqualified  for  being  chosen  as,  and  for  being 
a member of any of the authorities of the University— 

  (a) if he is of unsound mind or is a deaf-mute or suffers from contagious leprosy; 

  (b) if he is an undischarged insolvent; 

  (c) if  he  has  been  convicted  by  a  Court  of  law  of  an  offence  involving  moral  turpitude  and 
sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than six months. 

(2) If  any  question  arises  as  to  whether  a  person  is  or  had  been subjected  to  any  of  the 
disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1), the question shall be referred for the decision of the Visitor 
and his decision shall be final, and no suit or other proceeding shall lie in any Court of law against such 
decision.

13. **Audit of accounts.**— (1) The accounts of the University shall, once at least in every year and at 
intervals of not more than fifteen months, be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

(2) The accounts, when audited, shall be published in the Official Gazette and a copy of the accounts, 
together with the auditor’s reports, shall be submitted to the Visitor.

(3) A copy of the accounts, together with the auditor’s report, shall also be submitted to the Central 
Government, which shall, as soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

13A. **Annual Report.**—(1)  The  annual  report  of  the  University  shall  be  prepared  under  the 
direction of the Executive Council and shall be submitted to the Court on or before such date as may be 
prescribed by the Statutes and shall be considered by the Court in its annual meeting. 

(2) The Court may communicate its comments thereon to the Executive Council. 

(3) A  copy  of  the  annual  report,  as  prepared  under  sub-section  (1),  shall  also  be  submitted  to  the 
Central  Government,  which  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be,  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  both  Houses  of 
Parliament.

14. **Permanent reserve to cover recurring charges.**—The  University  shall  invest,  and  keep 
invested, in securities in which trust funds may be invested, in accordance with the provisions of the law 
relating to trusts in India, a sum of forty-five lakhs of rupees as a permanent endowment to meet the 
recurring charges of the University other than charges in respect of scholarships, prizes and rewards: 

Provided that— 

(1) any  Government  securities,  as  defined  by  the  Indian  Securities  Act, 1920 which  may  be 
held by the University shall, for the purpose of this section, be reckoned at their face-value, and 

(2) the aforesaid sum of forty-five lakhs shall be reduced by such sum as, at the commencement 
of  the  Banaras  Hindu  University (Amendment) Act, 1966 (52 of 1966) the  Central  Government 
shall, by order in writing, declare to be the total capitalised value, for the purposes of this section— 

  (a) of all permanent recurring grants of money which have been made to the University by 
any Ruler of any Indian State and 

  (b) of the total income accruing from immovable property which has been transferred to the 
University. 

15. **Maintenance  and  admission to privileges of Colleges.**—(1)  The  Central Hindu 
College, Banaras, shall, from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official 
Gazette,  appoint  in  this  behalf,  be  deemed  to  be  a  College  maintained  by  the  University,  and  the 
University  may  found  and  maintain other colleges  and institutions  including High  Schools,  within  a 
radius of fifteen miles from the main temple of the University for the purpose of carrying out instruction 
and research. 

(1A) The  University  may  also  found  and  maintain  (within  or  beyond  the  aforementioned  limits) 
special  centers  and  laboratories  for  research  in  Humanities,  Science  and  Technology,  Education, 
Medicine and other professional subjects and in other spheres of learning and knowledge. 

(2) With the approval of the Academic Council and the sanction of the Visitor, and subject to the 
Statutes  and Ordinances the  University  may  admit  colleges  and institutions including High  Schools, 
within  the  aforementioned limits to  such  privileges  of  the  University, subject  to  such  conditions,  as  it 
thinks fit. 

  Provided  that  no  new  college  or  institution  started  after  the  commencement  of  the Banaras Hindu 
University (Amendment) Act, 1966, shall be admitted to any such privileges of the University.

16. **Recognition of degrees.**—The  degrees,  diplomas,  certificates  and  other  academic  distinctions 
granted by the University, shall be recognized by the Central and State Governments to the same extent 
and,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  corresponding  degrees,  diplomas,  certificates  and  other  academic 
distinctions granted by any other University incorporated by a Central Act. 

16A. **Pension or Provident Fund.**—The University shall constitute for the benefit of its officers, 
teachers and other employees such pension or provident fund or provide such insurance scheme as 
it may deem fit in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Statutes.

16B. **Conditions of service of officers and teachers.**—(1)  Every  salaried  officer  and  teacher  of 
the University shall be appointed under a written contract, which shall be lodged with the University and 
a copy of which shall be furnished to the officer or teacher concerned. 

(2) Any  dispute  arising  out  of  a  contract  between  the University  and  any  of  its  officers  or 
teachers shall, at  the  request  of  the  officer  or  teacher  concerned  or  at  the  instance  of  the University,  be 
referred  to  a  Tribunal  of  Arbitration  consisting  of  one member appointed  by  the  Executive  Council, 
one member nominated by the officer or the teacher concerned and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(3) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration shall be final and shall not be questioned in any Court 
of law. 

(4) No suit or proceeding shall lie in any Court of law in respect of any matter which is required by 
sub-section (2) to be referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration. 

(5) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure. 

(6) Nothing  contained  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in force  relating  to  arbitration shall apply  to 
arbitrations under this section. 

16C. **Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc.**—No act or proceedings of any authority 
or board or committee of the University shall be invalid merely by reason, of— 

  (a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof, or 

  (b) any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof, or 

  (c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. 

16D. **Protection of action taken in good faith.**—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie  against  any  officer, teacher  or  other  employee  of the  University  for  anything  which is in  good  faith 
done or intended to be done by hi m under this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances or the Regulations.

17. **Statutes.**—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of 
the following matters, namely:— 

  (a) the constitution of the Court and the constitution, powers and duties of the other authorities of 
the University other than the powers and duties provided for in this Act; 

  (b) the appointment by election, nomination or otherwise of members of the authorities of the 
University,  their  continuance  in  office,  the  filling  of  vacancies  of members  thereof  and  all other 
matters relating to the authorities; 

  (c) the appointment, powers and duties of the officers of the University; 

  (d) the institution of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions; 

  (e) the conferment of honorary degrees; 

  (f) the holding of convocation to confer degrees; 

  (g) the  establishment,  reconstitution,  amalgamation,  division  or  abolition  of  faculties, 
departments, hostels, colleges and institutions; 

  (h) the withdrawal of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions; 

  (i) conditions under which colleges and institutions including High Schools may be admitted to 
the privileges of the University and the withdrawal of such privileges; 

  (j) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; 

  (k) the registration of graduates and the maintenance of a register of registered graduates; 

  (l) the classification and the manner of appointment of teachers in the University and the colleges; 

  (m) the constitution of a pension or provident fund and the establishment of an insurance scheme 
for the benefit of the officers, teachers and other employees of the University; 

  (n) the meetings of the Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council, the Finance 
Committee  or  the  Faculties,  the  quorum  at  such  meetings  and  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  the 
conduct of their business; 

  (o) the discipline of students; 

  (p) all other matters which are to be or may be provided for by the Statutes. 

(2) The  Statutes  in  force  at  the  commencement of  the Banaras Hindu  University  (Amendment) 
Act, 1966 (52 of 1966), shall be those set out in the Schedule to this Act. 

(3) The Executive Council may, from time to time, make new or additional statutes or may amend 
or repeal the Statutes.

(4) Every new Statute or addition to a Statute or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require 
the previous approval of the Visitor who may sanction or disallow it or remit it for further consideration.

18. **Ordinances.**—(1) Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the Ordinances  may 
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

  (a) the admission of students to the University and their enrolment as such; 

  (b) the  courses  of  study  to  be  laid  down  for  all  degrees,  diplomas  and  certificates  of  the 
University; 

  (c) the  qualifications  for  admission  to  courses  of  study  for  degrees,  diplomas,  certificates 
and other academic  distinctions  and  to  examinations  of  the  University  and  the  award  of  degrees, 
diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;

  (d) the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  in  the  University  and  for  admission  to  the 
examinations, degrees and diplomas of the University; 

  (e) the conditions of the award of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, exhibitions, medals and 
prizes; 

  (f) the conduct of examinations, including the terms of office and manner of appointment and the 
duties of examining bodies, examiners and moderators; 

  (ff) the  remunerations  and  allowances  to  examiners,  moderators  and other persons  engaged  in 
the business of the University;

  (g) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the University; 

  (h) the conditions of residence of students at the University; 

  (i) the special arrangements, if any, which may be made for the residence, discipline and teaching 
of women students, and the prescribing for them of special courses of study; 

  (j) the giving of religious instruction; 

  (k) the emoluments and the terms and conditions of service of employees of the University; 

  (l) the management of colleges and other institutions founded or maintained under sub-section (1) 
of section 15; 

  (ll) the meetings of any board or committee that may be set up under this Act or the Statutes, the 
quorum at such meetings and the procedure to be followed in the conduct of their business;

  (m) the supervision and inspection of colleges and other institutions admitted to privileges of the 
University under sub-section (2) of section 15; 

  (mm) the  powers  and  duties  of  teachers  and  salaried  officers  and  the  powers  which  may  be 
delegated to them; 

  (mmm) the conditions and qualifications for the registration of graduates;

  (n) all other matters  which  by  this  Act  or  the  Statutes  are  to  be  or  may  be  provided  for  by 
the Ordinances. 

(2) The  Regulations  of  the  University  as  in  force  immediately  before  the  commencement  of 
the Banaras Hindu  University  (Amendment)  Act, 1951  (55  of  1951), shall  be  deemed  to  be  the 
first Ordinances made under this section. 

(3) The said Ordinances may be amended, repealed or added to at any time by the Executive Council: 

Provided that no Ordinance shall be made— 

  (a) regarding the recognition of examinations of other Universities and institutions as equivalent 
to the University examinations, or 

  (b) affecting  the  conditions,  mode  of  appointment  or  duties  of  examiners  or  the  conduct  or 
standard of examinations or of any course of study, 

unless a draft of such Ordinance has been proposed by the Academic Council.

(4) The  Executive  Council  shall  not  have  power  to  amend  any  draft  proposed  by  the  Academic 
Council  under  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (3)  but  may  reject  the  proposal  or  return  the  draft  to  the 
Academic Council for reconsideration, either in whole or in part, together with any amendments which 
the Executive Council may suggest. 

(5) Where the Executive Council has rejected the draft of an Ordinance proposed by the Academic 
Council, the Academic Council may appeal to the Visitor who may pass such order thereon as he thinks 
fit. 

(6) All  Ordinances  made  by  the  Executive  Council  shall  be  submitted,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  the 
Visitor  who  may  disallow  any  such  Ordinance  or  remit  it  to  the  Executive  Council  for  further 
consideration. 

(7) The Visitor may, by order, direct that the operation of any Ordinance shall be suspended until he 
has had an opportunity of exercising his power of disallowance, and any order of suspension under this 
sub-section shall cease to have effect on the expiration of one month from the date of such order.

19. **Power to make Regulations.**—(1)  The  authorities  of  the  University  may  make  Regulations 
consistent with this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances— 

  (a) laying  down  the  procedure  to  be  observed  at  their meetings  and  the  number  of members 
required to form a quorum; 

  (b) providing for all matters which by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances are to be prescribed 
by Regulations, and 

  (c) providing for all matters solely concerning such authorities or committees appointed by them 
and not provided for by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

(2) Every  authority  of  the  University shall  make  Regulations  providing  for  the  giving  of  notice  to 
the members of such authority of the dates of meetings and of the business to be considered at meetings 
and for the keeping of a record of the proceedings of meetings. 

(3) The  Executive  Council  may  direct  the  amendment,  in  such  manner  as  it  may  specify,  of  any 
Regulation made under this section or the annulment of any such Regulation: 

  Provided  that  any  authority  of  the  University  which  is  dissatisfied  with  any  such  direction  may, 
within two months of the date of such direction, appeal to the Visitor whose decision thereon shall be 
final.

(4) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act shall be published in the Official 
Gazette. 

(5) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after 
it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which 
may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the 
session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the  successive  sessions  aforesaid,  both  Houses  agree  in 
making any modification in the Statute, Ordinance or Regulation or both Houses agree that the Statute, 
Ordinance or Regulation should not be made, the Statute, Ordinance or Regulation shall thereafter have 
effect  only  in  such  modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that Statute, Ordinance or Regulation.

19A. **Constitution of boards and committees.**—Where  any  authority  of  the  University  is  given 
power  by  this  Act  or  by  the  Statutes  to  appoint  boards  or  committees,  such  board  or  committee shall, 
unless there is some special provision to the contrary, consist of members of the authority concerned and 
of such other persons (if any) as the authority in each case may think fit.

20. **Dissolution  and  transfer  of  property  of  the  Hindu  University  Society.**—(1) From 
the commencement  of  this  Act,  the Hindu  University  Society shall  be  dissolved,  and  all  property, 
movable  and  immovable,  and  all  rights,  powers,  and  privileges  of  the Hindu  University  Society  which, 
immediately before the commencement of this Act, belonged to, or were vested in, the said Society, shall 
vest  in  the  University,  and shall  be  applied  to  the  objects  and  purposes  for  which  the  University  is 
incorporated. 

(2) From  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  all  debts  and  liabilities  of  the  said  Society shall  be 
transferred  and  attached  to  the  University,  and shall  thereafter  be  discharged  and  satisfied  by  the 
University. 

(3) Any will, deed or other document, whether made or executed before or after the commencement 
of this Act, which contains any bequest, gift or trust in favour of the Central Hindu College or the said 
Society shall, on the commencement of this Act, be construed as if the University were therein named, 
instead of the said College or Society 

THE SCHEDULE.—*For the Statutes of the University see University Calendar.*