The School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014

(1) This Act may be called the School of Planning andArchitecture Act, 2014. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, andany reference to the commencement in any such provision of this Act shall be construed as a referenceto the commencement of that provision.

Whereas the objectsof the Schools mentioned in the Schedule are such as to make them Institutions of nationalimportance, it is hereby declared that each such School is an Institution of national importance.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Board", in relation to any School, means the Board of Governors thereof; (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board; (c) "Corresponding School", in relation to a School mentioned in column (3) of the Schedule,means the School as specified against the said School in column (5) of the Schedule; (d) "Council" means the Council established under sub-section (1) of section 33; (e) "Director", in relation to any School, means the Director thereof; (f) "existing School" means the School mentioned under column (3) of the Schedule; (g) "Member" means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; (h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression"notify" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "Registrar", in relation to any School, means the Registrar thereof; (k) "Schedule" means the Schedule annexed to this Act; (l) "School" means any of the Schools mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule and suchother Schools established under this Act; (m) "Senate", in relation to any School, means the Senate thereof; (n) "Society" means any of the societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860(21 of 1860) or under the societies of respective State Governments and mentioned in column (3)of the Schedule; (o) "Statutes" and "Ordinances", in relation to any School, means the Statutes and Ordinanceof that School made under this Act.

On and from the date of commencement ofthis Act, the Schools specified in column (3) of the Schedule, shall be the body corporates havingperpetual succession and a common seal with the power subject to the provisions of this Act, toacquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable and to contract and shall by theirrespective names mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule, sue or be sued.

Each School shall have the following objects, namely: (i) to support the establishment and development of Schools of Planning and Architecture; (ii) to provide global leadership in the field of architecture, planning and allied fields.