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| (1) Where the Minister is satisfied that, due to any strike or lock-out or any other cause, the work or administration of any University or any Campus thereof has been seriously dislocated and that the University Authorities have failed to restore normal conditions, the Minister may take all such measures as may be necessary to ensure the restoration of normal conditions in the University or such Campus. Pending the restoration of such normal conditions, the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, make all such provision as he may deem necessary in respect of all or any of the following matters relating to such University or Campus thereof: -
| | (a) the closure of such University or Campus; | | |
| | (b) the suspension of the operation of any of the provisions of this Act or of any appropriate Instrument; | | |
| | (c) the appointment of any person, by name or by office, to be a competent authority for the purpose of exercising, discharging and performing, in lieu of any officer, Authority or other body of such University or Campus thereof, any power, function or duty under this Act or any appropriate Instrument; | | |
| | (d) any other matter connected with or relating to any of the matters aforesaid. | | |
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| (2) Any Order made by the Minister under sub- section (1) shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette, or on such later date as may be specified therein. Any such Order shall, as soon as possible thereafter, be tabled in the House of Representatives, and shall remain in force for a period of three months thereafter unless it is earlier rescinded. |
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| (3) Any Order made by the Minister under sub- section (1) shall, so long as it remains in force, have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or any appropriate Instrument. |
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