View All - 1981 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances BUDDHIST AND PALI UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKAMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka Act, No. 74 of 1981, and shall come into operation on such date as the President may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date").2. Establishment of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 3. Objects of the University. 4. Powers of the University. 5. Distinctions of race, creed, class or religion prohibited. 6. Affiliated colleges of the University. 7. Compulsory subjects for examinations of the University, 8. The Chancellor. 9. officers of the University. 10. The Vice-Chancellor. 11. Registrar. 12. The librarian, 13. The Bursar. 14. Sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 to apply to certain officers. 15. The Authority of the University. 16. The Council. 17. Powers, duties and functions of the Council. 18. Appointment of ad hoc committees, 19. Holding of the convocation University. 20. Appointment to the staff to be made by the Council. 21. Appointment to posts; 22. Retirement of persons other than the examiner. 23. Appeal against dismissal or compulsory retirement. 24. Appointment of public officers and servants of the Local Government Service or of any local authority to the staff of the University. 25. Appointment officers and servants of Higher Educational Institutions to the staff of the University. 26. Establishment of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri -Lanka Provident Fund. 27. Regulation of the Provident Fund. 28. Contribution to the Provident Fund. 29. Repayments to contributors, 30. Deductions from Provident Fund first charge. 31. Financial year. 32. The University Fund. 33. Grants in aid of University. 34. Duties of Bursar. 35. The Council to consider annual estimates and annual appropriations. 36. Supplementary estimates. 37. Transfer of funds from one vote to another. 38. Audit of accounts. 39. Exemption of the University from rates. 40. Indemnity for acts in good faith. 41. Vacancies or defects not to invalidate resolutions or proceedings. 42. Gifts & c. 43. No writ to issue against person or property of a member of the University. 44. Officers and servants of the University deemed to be public servants under the Penal Code. 45. University deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act. 46. Regulations. 47. Provisions of Act No. 16 of 1978 not to apply, 48. Interpretation.