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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 31. Functions of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research.---The Board of Advanced Studies and Research shall: (a) advise an Authority on all matters connected with the promotion of advanced studies and research publication in the University; (b) consider and report to an Authority with regard to a research degree of the University; (c) propose regulations regarding the award of a research degree; (d) appoint supervisors for a postgraduate research student and to approve title and synopsis of a thesis or dissertation; (e) recommend panels of names of examiners for evaluation of a research examination; and (f) perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.