THE UNIVERSITY
 

*3. Incorporation

4. Dissolution of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh and the Muslim University Association and transfer of all property to the University

(i) the Societies known as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orien- tal College, Aligarh, and the Muslim University Associa- tion shall be dissolved, and all property, movable and immovable, and all rights,. powers and privileges of the said Societies and all property, movable and immovable and all rights, powers and privileges of the Muslim University Foundation Committee shall be transferred to and vest in the University and shall be applied to the objects and purposes for which the University is incor- porated;

(ii) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the said Societies and Committee shall be transferred to the University and shall thereafter be discharged and satis- fied by it;

(iii) all references in any enactment to either of the said Societies or to the said Committee shall be con- strued as references to the University;

(iv) any will, deed or other document, whether made or executed before or after the commencement of this Act, which cotains any bequest, gift or trust in favour either of the said Societies

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or of the said Committee shall , on the commencement of this Act be construed as if the University was therein named instead of such Society or Committee;

(v) subject to any orders which the Court may make, the buildings which belonged to the Muhammadan Anglo- Oriental College, Aligarh shall continue to be known and designated by the names and styles by which they were known and designated immediately before the commencement of this Act;

(vi) subject to the provisions of this Act, every person employed immediately before the commencement of this Act in the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, shall hold employment in the University by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension and gratuity as he would have held the same under the Muham- madan Anglo-Oriental College Aligarh , if this Act had not been passed.

5. Powers of the University

(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) (a) to promote Oriental and Islamic studies and give in- struction in Muslim theology and religion and to impart moral and physical training;

*(b) to promote the study of the religions, civilisation and culture of India ;

**(c) to promote especially the educational and cultural advance- ment of the Muslims of India ;

*(3) to hold examination and to grant diplomas or certificate to, and confer degrees and other academic distinctions on, persons subject to such conditions as the University may determine and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause;

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

*(5) to provide instruction for such persons who are not members of the University, as the University may determine;

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

+(7) to institute Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships, and other teaching or *academic posts required by the University and to appoint persons to such Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and other posts** and determine their conditions of service in accordance with the Statutes;

*(7 A) to appoint persons working in any other University, insti- tution or organisation as teachers of the University for a specified period;

(8) to institute and award Fellowships (including Travelling Fellowships), Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions, and Prizes in accordance with the Statutes and Ordinances;

**(9) to institute and maintain Halls for the students of the University;

*(9 A) to establish within a radius of twenty-five kilometers of the University Mosque such Special Centres, specialised Laboratories or other units for research and instruction as are, in the opinion of the University, necessity for the furtherance of its objects;

(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;

+(11 A) to make special arrangements in respect of residence, discipline and teaching of women students;

+Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1951.

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*(11 B) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto** and determine their conditions of services in accordance with the Statutes;

*(11 C) to regulate and enforce discipline among the employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary;

*(11, D) to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of property, mova- ble or immovable, including trust or endowed property for the purposes of the University;

*(11 E) to borrow, with the approval of the Central Government, on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;

*(11 F) to declare a Department of Studies to be an autonomous department; and

+(12) 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.

6. Recognition of Degrees

7. Reserve Funds

Provided that-

(1) any Government securities as defined in the Indian Securities Act, 1920 (10 of 1920), which may be held by the University shall, for the purposes of this section, be reckoned at their face value; and

+Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1951.

+The Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Act, 1948.

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(2) the aforesaid sum of thirty lakhs shall be reduced by such sums as, at the commencement of this Act, the +Central Government shall, by order in writing, declare to be the total capitalised value for the purpose of this section

(a) of all permanent recurring grants of money which have been made either to the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, the Muslim University Association or the Muslim University Foundation Committee, by any Ruler of a State in India; and

(b) of the total income accruing from immovable property (not being land or buildings, in the occupation and use of the said College) which by the operation of this Act has been transferred to the University.

**8. University open to all classes, castes and creeds

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 have consented to receive it.

9. Omitted.

+10. Residence of Students

+11. Teaching in the University

+12. Power to establish and maintain High Schools and other Institutions

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+Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1951.

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(2) The University may also, with the sanction of the Visitor and subject to the Statutes and Ordinances, *establish and maintain such Special Centres, Specialised Laboratories or such other insti- tutions for research or instruction as are necessary for the further- ance of its objects either on its own or in cooperation or collabora- tion with any other institution.

*12A. Omitted.