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THE ABASYN UNIVERSITY ACT, 2009 THE ABASYN UNIVERSITY ACT, 2009. (1[KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. XIII OF 2009) [First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the 1[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] in the Gazette of 1[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] (Extraordinary) ,dated the 24th October, 2009] 1.Substituted vide Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Act No. IV of 2011 AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a University at Peshawar in the name of Abasyn University. Preamble.---WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a University at Peshawar in the name of Abasyn University, in the private sector, and for matters ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER -I PRELIMINARY 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, - (a) Academic Council means the Academic Council of the University; (b) affiliated college or affiliated institution means college or institution affiliated to the University but not maintained or administered by it; (c) Authority means any of the Authorities of the University specified in section 16; (d) Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Abasyn Education System (Pvt) Limited, a company registered under the Companies Act, 1984, vide Registration No. P-02145 of 2002-2003 (GLN 03059), dated 30th June, 2003; (e) Chancellor means the Chancellor of the University; (f) college means a constituent college or an affiliated college; (g) Commission means the Higher Education Commission set up by the Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 (LIII of 2002); (h) constituent college or constituent institution means a collage or institution, maintained and administered by the University; (i) Dean means the head of a Faculty or the head of an academic body granted the status of Faculty by this Act or Statues or Regulations; (j) department means a teaching department maintained and administered, or recognized by the University in the manner prescribed; (k) Director means the head of an institute established as a constituent institution by the University by Statutes or Regulations in terms of the powers delegated by this Act; (l) Faculty means an administrative and academic unit of the University consisting of one or more departments, as prescribed; (m) Government means the Government of the 5[K Pakhtunkhwa]; (n) Patron means the Patron of the University; (o) prescribed means prescribed by Statutes, Regulations or Rules made under this Act; (p) Principal means the head of a college; (q) Representation Committee means the Representation Committee constituted under section 24; (r) Review Panel means the Review Panel set up by the Chancellor in accordance with the provisions of section 9; (s) Schedule means a Schedule to this Act; (t) Search Committee means the Search Committee set up by the Senate under section 12; (u) Senate means the Senate of the University; (v) Statutes , Regulations and Rules mean respectively the Statutes, the Regulations and the Rules made under this Act; (w) Syndicate means the Syndicate of the University; (x) teachers means Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers, Demonstrators and Instructors engaged whole-time by the University or by a constituent or affiliated college and such other persons as may be declared to be teachers by Regulations; (y) University means Abasyn University established under this Act; (z) University Teacher means a whole-time teacher appointed and paid by the University, or recognized by the University as such; and (aa) Vice-Chancellor means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.