Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Act, 1971

No: 8 Dated: Apr, 26 1971

THE TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ACT, 1971

Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 1971

    An Act to provide for the establishment of a University for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences in the State of Tamil Nadu.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title, extent, application and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Act, 1971.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State Tamil Nadu.

(3) It applies to the agricultural colleges and institutions specified in the Schedule.

(4) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "affiliated college" means any college affiliated to the University and providing courses of study for admission to the examinations for degrees, diplomas of other academic distinctions of the University;

(b) "agriculture" means the basic and applied sciences of the soil and water management, crop production including production of all garden crops, control of plants, pests and diseases, horticulture including floriculture, animal husbandry including veterinary and dairy science, fisheries, forestry including farm forestry, home science, agricultural engineering and technology, marketing and processing of agricultural and animal husbandry products, co-operation, land use and management and the economic and social uplift of the rural people;

(c) "appointed day" means such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint under sub-section (4) of section 1;

(d) "Board" means the Board of Management of the University;

(e) "college" means any college or institution imparting education or prosecuting research or providing extension education, in agriculture;

(f) "constituent college" means the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore and the Agricultural College, Madurai and includes such other college as may be declared by the Board, from time to time;

(g) "corresponding University" means,-

(i) in relation to the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, the University of Chennai]; and

(ii) in relation to the Agricultural College, Madurai, the Madurai University];

(h) "Dean" means the Dean of each college and includes the Dean of each Faculty;

(i) "extension education" means the educational activities concerned with the training of farmers and home makers and other groups serving agriculture in improved agricultural practices and the various phases of scientific technology related to agriculture and agricultural production and marketing and includes demonstration to carry the new technology and innovation to farms and farm houses through the Government Departments of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Forests and the like;

(j) "Faculty" means a Faculty of the University;

(k) "Government" means the State Government;

(l) "hostel" means a unit of residence for students of the University maintained or recognised by it either as part of, or separate from, a college of the University;

(m) "prescribed" means prescribed by the statutes or regulations made under this Act;

(n) "regulations" and "statutes" mean, respectively, the regulations and statutes made under this Act;

(o) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act;

(p) "State" means the State of Tamil Nadu;

(q) "University" means the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University established under section 3.

CHAPTER II

The University

3. Establishment of University. - (1) For the development of agriculture and for furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences, on and from the appointed day, there shall be established a University by the name Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

(2) The University shall be a body corporate, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.

(3) The principal seat of the University shall be located within the town limits of Coimbatore or in any place, within a radius of twenty-five kilometres around the town limits of Coimbatore.