prescribed by the regulations, be retained thereon, and in case of default, shall be removed therefrom, but shall, at any time, be reentered upon payment of all arrears : Provided that a Graduate whose name has been already entered on the register may at any time compound for all subsequent payments of the annual fee by paying the sum prescribed in this behalf by the regulations. (4) No person other than a Graduate whose name is entered on the said register shall be qualified to vote or to be elected at an election held under sub-section (1). (5) A Graduate registered under this section shall be entitled to such further privileges as may be determined by the regulations. 8. (1) The provisions of section 7 shall not apply to the University of the Punjab or to the UniOrdinary Fellows elected versity of Allahabad until the Chanby Senate. cellor, with the previous sanction of the Governor-General in Council and by notification in the local official Gazette, so directs; and until such time the Ordinary Fellows of the said Universities, who would be elected by registered Graduates if the said provisions were in force, shall be elected by the Senate. (2) In the case of the University of the Punjab and the University of Allahabad, there shall, if necessary, be an election, once in every year, on such date as the Chancellor may appoint in this behalf, to fill any vacancy among the Ordinary Fellows elected by the Senate. 9. (1) Once in every year, on such date as the Chancellor may appoint in this behalf, there shall, if Election by the Faculties. necessary, be an election to fill any vacancy among the Ordinary Fellows elected by the Faculties. (2) An election under sub-section (1) shall be held, subject to such directions prescribing the qualifications of the persons to be elected as may, from time to time, be given by the Chancellor, with a view to secure the return of duly-qualified persons and the fair representation of different branches of study in the Senate. 10. Subject to the provisions of section 6, the Chancellor may Nomination by the Chan- nominate any number of fit and proper persons to be Ordinary Fellows. cellor. 11. (1) Any Ordinary Fellow may, by letter addressed to the Vacating of office. Chancellor, resign his office. (2) Where any Ordinary Fellow has not attended meeting of the Senate, other than a Convocation, during the period of one year, the Chancellor may declare his office to be vacated. Transitory Provisions. 12. In their application to the election and nomination of C Election and nomination of Ordinary Fellows within one year after commence ment of Act, and temporary continuance of existing University administration. Ordinary Fellows within the period of one year after the commencement of this Act and to the current business of the University, the provisions of this Act shall be read as subject to the following restrictions and modifications ::(a) In the case of the Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, the Chancellor shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, make an order directing that the Ordinary Fellows who under the said provisions are to be elected by registered Graduates, shall be elected by the elected Fellows holding office at the commencement of this Act, or by such Graduates of the University as the Chancellor may determine, or partly by elected Fellows and partly by such Graduates, and in such manner as the Chancellor may direct. (b) When the Ordinary Fellows mentioned in clause (a) have been elected, the Chancellor shall proceed to the nomination of Ordinary Fellows under section 6, sub-section (1), clause (c). (c) The Ordinary Fellows mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) shall, as soon as may be after their appointment and in such manner as the Chancellor may direct, elect the Fellows who under the said provisions are to be elected by the Faculties. (d) In the case of the Universities of the Punjab and Allababad, the Chancellor shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, proceed to nominate Ordinary Fellows under section 6, sub-section (2), clause (c). (e) When Ordinary Fellows have been appointed under clause (d), the Chancellor shall make an order directing that the Fellows who under the said provisions are to be elected by the Senate, shall be elected by the Ordinary Fellows appointed under clause (d), or by elected Fellows holding office at the commencement of this Act, or partly by such Ordinary Fellows and partly by elected Fellows, in such manner as the Chancellor may direct. (f) The Ordinary Fellows mentioned in clauses (d) and (e) shall, as soon as may be after their appointment, and in such manner as the Chancellor may direct, elect the Fellows who under the said provisions are to be elected by the Faculties. (g) An election under clause (c) or clause (ƒ) shall be made subject to such directions prescribing the qualifications of the persons to be elected as may be given by the Chancellor, with a view to secure the return of dulyqualified persons and a fair representation of different branches of study in the Senate. (h) As soon as Ordinary Fellows have been nominated and elected under clauses (a), (b) and (c), or under clauses (d), (e), and (ƒ), as the case may be, and the persons so elected have been approved by the Chancellor, the Chancellor shall declare that the Body Corporate of the University has been constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall append to the declaration a list of the Senate, and shall forward the said declaration and the appended list to the Governor-General in Council, who shall cause the declaration and list to be published in the Gazette of India. (i) The seniority of the Fellows included in the list mentioned in clause (h) shall be determined by the order in which their names appear in the list. (j) Until the said declaration is published under clause (h), the Fellows holding office at the commencement of this Act shall, together with the Chancellor and the ViceChancellor, continue to be the Senate of the University, and shall be entitled to exercise the powers conferred upon them by the Act of Incorporation. (k) Every Ordinary Fellow elected or nominted under this section shall, unless his Fellowship is previously vacated by death, resignation or any other cause, hold office for not less than three years. (1) At or about the end of the third year from the publication of the declaration mentioned in clause (h), the names of, as nearly as may be, one-fifth of the total initial number (2) of Ordinary Fellows elected under clause (a) or clause (e), as the case may be; (ii) of Ordinary Fellows elected under clause (c) or clause (f); and (ii) of Ordinary Fellows nominated by the Chancellor, (after deducting from the said one-fifth the names in each class which have previously been removed from the list mentioned in clause (h) by reason of death, resignation or any other cause) shall be drawn by lot from among the elected and the nominated Ordinary Fellows whose names were included in the list mentioned in clause (h), and those whose names are so shown shall thereupon cease to be Ordinary Fellows. (m) At or about the end of the fourth, fifth and sixth years from the publication of the said declaration, the names of Ordinary Fellows shall be drawn by lot from each class of Ordinary Fellows included in the said list, in the manner provided in clause (1), so as to secure that, as nearly as may be, one-fifth of the Fellowships of the Ordinary Fellows so included in each class shall (n) An Ordinary Fellow elected or nominated under this (p) The members of the Syndicate holding office at the com- (s) The statutes, regulations and by-laws of the University Honorary Fellows. Honorary Fellows. 13. (1) (a) A Fellow holding office at the commencement of this Act shall cease to be a Fellow. (b) Where a Fellow included in clause (a) does not become a Fellow under this Act, he shall be Honorary Fellow for life. an (c) Where a Fellow included in clause (a) becomes a Fellow under this Act, he shall, whenever and so often as he ceases to be a Fellow under this Act, become an Honorary Fellow as provided in clause (b). (2) The Chancellor may nominate any person to be an Honorary Fellow for life, who is eminent for his attainments in any branch of learning, or is an eminent benefactor of the University, or is distinguished for services rendered to the cause of education generally. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any Fellow who at the commencement of this Act is entitled as such to vote for the election of any person to be a member of any Council for the purpose of making laws and regulations or of any local authority shall continue to be so entitled as if this Act had not been passed. Faculties. Faculties and Syndicate. 14. (1) Nothing contained in the Act of Incorporation shall be deemed to prohibit the constitution of a new Faculty or the abolition or reconstitution of any existing Faculty by the Senate under regulations made in accordance with the provisons of this Act. (2) Regulations made under sub-section (1) may— (a) provide for the assignment of Fellows to the several Faculties by order of the Senate; and (b) empower the Fellows so assigned to add to their number in such manner and for such period as may be prescribed, Graduates in the Faculty and other persons possessing special knowledge of the subjects of study represented by the Faculty: Provided that the number of persons so to be added to the Faculty shall not exceed half the number of Fellows assigned to the Faculty. (3) A person added to a Faculty under sub-section (2), clause (b), shall have the right to take part in the ordinary business of the Faculty, and in any elction of an Ordinary Fellow by the Faculty, but shall not be entitled to take part in the election of the Syndicate. 15. (1) The executive government of the University shall be Syndicate. vested in the Syndicate, which shall consist of (a) the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman; (b) the Director of Public Instruction for the Province in which the headquarters of the University are situated; and, in the case of the University of Allahabad, also the Director of Public Instruction in the Central Provinces; and (c) not less than seven or more than fifteen ex-officio or Ordinary Fellows elected by the Senate or by the Faculties in such manner as] may be provided by the |