The Karnataka University of Agricultural Sciences Act, 1963
[KARNATAKA ACT]1 No. 22 OF 1963
(First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Sixth day of June, 1963.)
THE KARNATAKA UNIVERSITIES OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ACT, 1963
(Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-fifth day of May, 1963.)
(As amended by Karnataka Acts 3 of 1976, 36 of 1985, 14 of 1986, 40 of
1987, 13 of 1988 and as on 1.4.2004)
An Act to establish and incorporate 2[Universities]2 for the development of
agriculture, animal husbandry and allied sciences in the 1[State of Karnataka]1.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate 2[Universities]2 for the
development of agriculture, animal husbandry and allied sciences in the 2[State of
Karnataka]2 and matters connected therewith;
BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka]1 State Legislature in the Fourteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
- Odopted by the Karnataka adaptation of laws order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.
- Substituted by Act 14 of 1986 w.e.f. 1.10.1986
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
- Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called 1[the
Karnataka Universities]1 of Agricultural Sciences Act, 1963.
- Substituted by Act 14 of 1986 w.e.f. 1.10.1986
(2) It extends to the whole of the 1[State of Karnataka]1.
- Odopted by the Karnataka adaptation of laws order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.
(3) It shall come into force on such 1[date]1 as the State Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
- Act came into force w.e.f. 24.4.1964.
- Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(1) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University;
1[(1A) “Amendment Act” means the University of Agricultural Sciences (Amendment)
Act, 1986;]1
- Inserted by Act 14 of 1986 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
(2) “agriculture” means the basic and applied sciences of soil and water
management, crop production including production of all garden crops, animal
husbandry, including dairying and veterinary science, fisheries, farm forestry, home
economics, agricultural engineering and technology, marketing, processing, co-
operation, land use and management and the economic and social uplift of the rural
people;
(3) “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University;
(4) “college” means a constituent college of the University;
(5) “Division” means a Division constituted by the University;
(6) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Statutes of the University; 6
(7) “Statutes” and “Regulations” means respectively the Statutes and Regulations
of the University made under this Act;
(8) “student of the University” means a person enrolled in the University for
undergoing a course of study for a degree, diploma or other academic distinction duly
instituted;
(9) “teacher” means a person appointed or recognised by the University for the
purpose of imparting instruction or conducting and guiding research or extension
programmes and includes a person declared by the Statutes to be a teacher;
1[(10) “University” means a University established and incorporated under section 3.]1
- Substituted by Act 14 of 1984 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
CHAPTER II
1 [THE UNIVERSITIES]1
- Substituted by Act 14 of 1984 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
- 1[Establishment and Incorporation of the Universities]1.—(1) There shall be
constituted in, and for the 2[State of Karnataka]2 a University by the name of the
University of Agricultural Sciences, which shall consist of a Chancellor, a Pro-
Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Dean, a Board of Regents and an Academic Council.
- Substituted by Act 14 of 1984 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
- Odopted by the Karnataka adaptation of laws order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.
1 [(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), on and from the date of
the commencement of the Amendment Act,—
- Clause (a) and (b) inserted by Act 14 of 1986 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
(a) the University established under sub-section (1), shall cease to have territorial
jurisdiction over the area comprising the districts of Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur,
Dharwad, Gulbarga, Raichur and Uttara Kannada, and shall be called as the University
of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore with headquarters at Bangalore; and
(b) there shall be established a university of agricultural sciences called as the
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad having territorial jurisdiction over the area
comprising the Districts of Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Raichur
and Uttara Kannada with headquarters at Dharwad, which shall consist of Chancellor, a
Pro-Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Dean, a Board of Regents and an Academic
Council.]1
(2) The University shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a
common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
(3) The University shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and
immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property
which may have become vested in or been acquired by it for the purposes of the
University and to borrow moneys from the Central Government, the State Government
or from any body corporate approved by the State Government, and to contract and to
do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act. 7
(4) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings
shall be signed and verified by the Registrar and all processes in such suits and
proceedings shall be issued to, and served on, the Registrar.
1 [(5) x x x]1
- Omitted by Act 14 of 1986 w.e.f. 1.10.1986.
- Objects of the University.- The University shall be deemed to be established and
incorporated for the following purposes, namely:-
(a) making provision for imparting education in different branches of study particularly
agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and animal science, fisheries, agricultural
engineering, home economics and other allied sciences;
(b) furthering the advancement of learning and research, particularly in agricultural
and other allied sciences;
(c) undertaking the extension of such sciences to the rural people of the State; and
(d) such other purposes as the State Government may, by notification in the official
Gazette, specify.
- Admission to the University.—(1) The University shall, subject to the provisions
of this Act and the Statutes, be open to all persons:
Provided that nothing in this section shall require the University to admit to any course
of study students larger in number than, or with academic or other qualifications lower
than, those prescribed.
(2) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (1), the State Government may direct that the
University shall reserve in colleges seats for women, the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes, 1[agriculturists or the children of agriculturists who possess the
minimum qualifications prescribed in this behalf and who pass such practical tests in
agriculture as the State Government may by order specify, children and wards of
freedom fighters, defence personnel and ex-servicemen]1 and such socially and
educationally backward classes of citizens as may be declared by the State Government
in this behalf, and where such direction has been given, the University shall make the
reservation accordingly.
1 [Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section (1) “agriculturist” means a
person who, as owner or tenant holds land and whose main source of income is from
personal cultivation of the land and includes any person whose principal means of
livelihood is from manual labour on agricultural lands;
(2) “Freedom fighter” means a person of the category declared by the State
Government from time to time as such.]1
- Inserted by Act 3 of 1976 w.e.f. 6.9.1975.
- Powers of the University.—The University shall have the following powers,
namely:—
(1) to provide for instruction in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and animal
science, dairying, fisheries, agricultural engineering, home economics and other allied
sciences and in such other branches of learning as the University may deem fit;
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