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ACT X OF 2020 ACT X OF 2020 BABA GURU NANAK UNIVERSITY NANKANA SAHIB ACT, 2020 An Act to provide for the establishment of Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib [Gazette of Punjab Extraordinary, 2nd July, 2020] Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib Act, 2020 was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 26 June 2020; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 1st July 2020; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 2nd July 2020, pages 67-83. It is necessary in public interest to make provisions for the establishment of Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib and for the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: CHAPTER IV AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY 27. Board of Faculty.---(1) There shall be a Board of Faculty for each faculty which shall consist of: (a) Dean of the faculty (Chairperson); (b) Professors and the chairpersons in the faculty; (c) two teachers to be nominated by the Academic Council on the basis of their specialized knowledge of the subjects which, though not assigned to the faculty, have in the opinion of the Academic Council, important bearing on the subjects assigned to the faculty; (d) two experts in the field from outside the University to be appointed by the Syndicate; and (e) one member to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor. (2) The members other than ex-officio members of a Board of faculty shall hold office for a period of three years. (3) The quorum for a meeting of a Board of faculty shall be one half of the total number of members, a fraction being counted as one. (4) A Board of faculty, subject to the general control of the Syndicate and Academic Council, may: (a) co-ordinate the teaching and research work in the subjects assigned to the faculty; (b) scrutinize the recommendations of a Board of Studies comprising a faculty with regard to the appointment of paper setters and examiners for graduate and postgraduate examinations and to forward the panels of suitable paper setters and examiners for each examination to the Vice Chancellor; (c) consider any other academic matter relating to the faculty and to submit its report to the Academic Council; (d) prepare a comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of each department, constituent college or Institute comprising the faculty for presentation to the Academic Council; and (e) perform such other functions as may be prescribed by statutes.