The Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970

(1) This Act may be called the Haryana and PunjabAgricultural Universities Act, 1970. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of February, 1970.

In this Act, and in all Statutes made thereunder, unless the context otherwiserequires,-- (a) "Academic Council" means, in relation to a corresponding University, the Academic Councilof that University; (b) "agriculture" includes the basic and applied science of soil and water management, crop andlive-stock production and management, home sciences and the betterment of rural people; (c) "appropriate Government" means,-- (i) in relation to the Haryana Agricultural University, the Government of the State ofHaryana; (ii) in relation to the Punjab Agricultural University, the Government of the State of Punjab; (d) "Board", in relation to a corresponding University, means the Board of Management of thatUniversity; (e) "college" means a constituent college of a corresponding University; (f) "corresponding University" means,-- (i) in relation to the territories to which the functions of the Haryana Agricultural Universityextend, that University; (ii) in relation to the territories to which the functions of the Punjab Agricultural Universityextend, that University; (g) "existing University" means the Punjab Agricultural University constituted by section 3 of thePunjab Agricultural University Act, 1961 (Punjab Act 32 of 1961); (h) "library" means a library established or maintained by a corresponding University; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes of a corresponding University; (j) "Statutes" and "Regulations" mean, respectively, the Statutes and Regulations made by acorresponding University under this Act; (k) "transferred territories" means the territories added to the Union territory of Himachal Pradeshby sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966); (l) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of a corresponding University.

As from the commencement of this Act, the existing University shall stand dissolved andthere shall be established in its place two independent Agricultural Universities, to be known respectivelyas the Haryana Agricultural University and the Punjab Agricultural University.

(1) Each of the Agricultural Universities mentioned in section 3 shall be a bodycorporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose ofproperty, and to contract, and may, by its name, sue and be sued. (2) Each body corporate referred to in sub-section (1) shall consist of the Chancellor and theVice-Chancellor of that University, the members of the Board, the Academic Council and all persons,who may hereafter become or be appointed as such officers or members, so long as they continue to holdsuch office or membership.

(1) The Haryana Agricultural University shall function within the territoriesof the State of Haryana and the Punjab Agricultural University shall function within such other territoriesto which the functions of the existing University extended immediately before the commencement of thisAct: Provided that on the establishment of a University in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, thePunjab Agricultural University shall cease to function in the transferred territories. (2) Until a University is established in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, the AgriculturalCollege at Palampur in the transferred territories shall, notwithstanding the dissolution of the existingUniversity, continue to be a college of the Punjab Agricultural University and shall cease to be suchcollege on the establishment of a University in those territories. (3) On the establishment of a University in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, the assets andliabilities of the Punjab Agricultural University pertaining to the Agricultural College at Palampur, allresearch, training and extension centres, and any other property, of the Punjab Agricultural Universitylocated in the said Union territory shall stand transferred to, and shall vest in, such University.