4. Section 70 N of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section ; |
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| (2) in the renumbered subsection (1) of that section. By the substitution, for the words " the election of a Dean of such Faculty in accordance with", of the words " the election of a Dean, or the appointment of an acting Dean, of such Faculty, in accordance with "; and |
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| (3) by the addition at the end of that section of the of following subsections:-
| | "(2) Notwithstanding the transfer, by an order transfer, by an order " (1), to a Higher Educational Institution of the whole or any part of any under-taking vested in the Government by an Order made under section 70F, the Competent Authority appointed to administer and manage such under taking and his successors in office shall:-
| | | (a) Subject to the directions of the Governing Authority of such Higher Educational Institution; and |
| (b) Until such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, |
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| (3) Where the whole or any part of an under-taking vested in the Government by an order under section 70F is transferred to a Higher Educational Institution by an Order made sub-section (1). nothing in this Act shall be read or construed as conferring on any student registered in that undertaking on the day preceding the date of the Order under subsection (1) any right or entitlement to the grant of any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction of such Higher Educational Institution. |
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| (4) For the purpose of this section and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Act, the expression " undertaking " shall not include the rights and liabilities under any contract or agreement, vested in the Government under section 70H for the provision of services.". |
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