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| (a) Section 44 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| | (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :
| | | "(1) The Council of a University (hereinafter referred to as " the Council "), shall be the executive body and governing authority of the University and shall consist of the following persons :
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| | (2) by the repeal of subsections (3) and (4) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsections :
| | | "(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) any appointed or elected member of the Council shall, unless he vacates office earlier. hold office for a term of three years reckoned from the date of his appointment or election, as the case may be , and shall, unless removed from office, be eligible for re-appointment or reelection: |
| (4) Any appointed or elected member of the council may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairman of the Commission or to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, as the case may be. ". |
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| (b) Notwithstanding anything in the principal enactment, the appointed and elected members of the Council of every University established or deemed to be established under the principal enactment shall, upon the date of coming into operation of this section, case to hold office as such members: |
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