SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH, MEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006.

Act No. 06 of 2006

03rd April, 2006

An Act further to amend the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences Act, 1995. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2006.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Amendment of Section 5

In the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences Act, 2005, in Section 5,-

• (i) in clause (a), the following proviso shall be added , namely:-"Provided that the University may offer its academic programmes through Distance Education mode and for this purpose establish and collaborate with resource centers in various parts of the country and abroad ";
• (ii) in clause (w), the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided that the University for the purpose of offering its academic programmes through Distance Education mode, may establish and maintain Study Centers/Learning Centers in various parts of the country and abroad".