44. No act of the Council, or any Institute, Board or Senate or any other body set-up
under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely by reason of—
(a) any vacancy in or defect in the constitution thereof;
(b) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case;
(c) any defect in the selection, nomination or appointment of a person acting as
a member thereof.
45. Every Institute shall furnish to the Central Government such returns or other
information with respect to its policies or activities as the Central Government may, for the
purpose of reporting to Parliament or for the making of policy, from time to time require.
46. The Institute shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time
by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act.
47. The provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 shall apply to each Institute,
defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
48. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act—
(a) the Board of Governors of an Institute functioning as such immediately
before the commencement of this Act shall continue to so function until a new Board
is constituted for that Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board
under this Act, the members of the Board holding office before the commencement of
this Act shall cease to hold office;
(b) every Senate constituted in relation to every Institute before the
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Senate constituted under this Act
until a Senate is constituted under this Act for the Institute, but on the constitution of
the new Senate under this Act, the members of the Senate holding office before the
commencement of this Act shall cease to hold office;
Power to
make rules in
respect of
matters in
this Chapter.
Acts and
proceedings
not to be
invalidated by
vacancies, etc.
Returns and
information
to be
provided to
Central
Government.
Power of
Central
Government
to issue
directions.
Institute to be
public
authority
under Right
t o
Information
Act.
Transitional
provisions.
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(c) the Statutes, Ordinances, rules, regulations and bye-laws of each existing
Institute as in force, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue
to apply to the corresponding institute in so far as they are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act until the first Statutes and the Ordinances are made under this
Act;
(d) any student who joined classes of the existing Institute on or after the
academic year 2007-2008 or completed the course on or after the academic year 2010-
2011 shall for the purpose of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7, be deemed to
have pursued a course of study in the existing Institute located at Kancheepuram only
if such student has not already been awarded degree or diploma for the same course of
study.
(2) The Central Government may, without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1),
if it considers necessary and expedient to do so, by notification, take such measures which
may be necessary for the transfer of the existing Institute mentioned in column (3) of the
Schedule to the corresponding Institute mentioned under column (5) of the Schedule.
49. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act the Central
Government, may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient
for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of three years
from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after it is made, be laid
before each House of Parliament.
50. Every rule made and every notification issued by the Central Government under
this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made or issued, before each House of
Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in
one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree
in making any modification in the rule or notification or both Houses agree that the rule or
notification should not be made or issued, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect
only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under that rule or notification.