46. Disputes as to constitution of authorities and bodies.— If any question arises as to whether any
person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body
of the University, the matter shall be referred to the Board of Governors for decision.
47. Power of Central Government to make rules in respect of matters relating to Board of
Governors.—(1) The Central Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry out the
purposes relating to the Board of Governors.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the manner of filling vacancies among the members of the Board of Governors;
(b) the disqualifications for being chosen as, and for being a member of the Board of Governors;
(c) the circumstances in which, and the authority by which, members may be removed;
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(d) the meetings of the Board of Governors and the procedure for conduct of business;
(e) the travelling and other allowances payable to members of the Board of Governors; and
(f) the manner in which functions of the Board of Governors may be exercised.
48. Acts and proceeding not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc.—No act of the Board of Governors
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; or
(b) any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof;
or
(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.
49. University to be a public authority under Right to Information Act.—The provisions of Right
to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) shall apply to the University, as it were a public authority defined
in clause (h) of section 2 of that Act.
50. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against
any officer or other employee of the University for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be
done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or Statutes or Ordinances made thereunder.
51. Power of Central Government to issue directions.— (1) The University shall, in discharge of
its functions under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy as the Central
Government may give in writing to it from time to time.
(2) The decision of the Central Government as to whether a question is one of policy or not shall be
final.
52. Residuary provision.— (1) The Board of Governors shall have the authority to deal with any
matter pertaining to the University and not specifically dealt with in this Act.
(2) The decision of the Board of Governors on all such matters shall be final.
53. Laying of rules, Statutes, Ordinances and notifications. – (1) Every rule, Statute or Ordinance
made and every notification issued under this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette.
(2) Every rule, Statute or Ordinance made and every notification issued under this Act, shall be laid,
as soon as may be after it is made, 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, Statute, Ordinance or notification or both
Houses agree that the rule, Statute, Ordinance or notification should not be made, the rule, Statute,
Ordinance 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, Statute, Ordinance or notification.
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54. Power to remove difficulties.— (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
or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or
expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of the period of two
years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each
House of Parliament.
55. Transitional provisions.— Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the Statutes made
thereunder,—
(a) the existing Director General of the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar shall be
appointed by the Central Government as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University for a period of
three years and he shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further period of three years;
(b) till such time the University constitutes such authorities or committees as may be required under
the provisions of this Act, the existing committee or Board in the Gujarat Forensic Sciences
University, Gandhinagar shall continue to exercise the respective roles or, as the case may be, till the
Board of Governors determine;
(c) the existing Director of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and
Forensic Sciences, New Delhi shall be appointed as the Campus Director for Delhi campus of the
University till a regular Director is appointed by the University;
(d) the existing Registrar of the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar shall be
appointed as the first Executive Registrar of the University, or, as the case may be, till the Board of
Governors determine.
56. Repeal of Gujarat Act 17 of 2008.—(1) The Gujarat Forensic Sciences University Act, 2008 is
hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal,—
(a) all appointments made, orders issued, degrees and other academic distinctions conferred,
diplomas and certificates awarded, privileges granted, or other things done under the Gujarat Forensic
Sciences University Act, 2008, shall be deemed to have been respectively made, issued, conferred,
awarded, granted or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act and, except as otherwise
provided by or under this Act or the Statutes, continue in force unless and until they are superseded by
any order made under this Act or the Statutes; and
(b) all the proceedings of selection committee or any other authority, if any, for the appointment or
promotion of teachers and other employees that took place before the commencement of this Act and
all actions of the concerned authorities in respect of the recommendations of such selection committee
or authority, if any, where no orders of appointment on the basis thereof were passed before the
commencement of this Act shall, notwithstanding that the procedure for selection has been modified
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by this Act, be deemed to have been valid but further proceeding in connection with such pending
selections shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of this Act and be continued from the stage
where they stood immediately before such commencement, except if the concerned authorities take a
decision to the contrary