The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV-Section 2, publishes Act No. 42 of 2025, an act to amend the Chennai University Act, 1923. The act, which received presidential assent on July 18, 2025, includes the following:
1. The Act is called the Chennai University (Amendment) Act, 2024, and comes into force at once.
2. In section 5 of the Chennai University Act, 1923, in sub-section (1), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: "(a) of unsound mind;".
3. In section 40 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), the expression "or deaf-mute or suffers from leprosy" shall be omitted.
The Gazette is published by authority in Chennai on Friday, August 1, 2025, Aadi 16, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056. The registration number is TN/CCN/467/2012-14, R. Dis. No. 197/2009, and the price is Re. 0.80 Paise. S. George Alexander, Secretary to Government, Law Department is listed. It is printed and published by the Commissioner of Stationery and Printing, Chennai on behalf of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Key Entities Referenced
Chennai University Act, 1923: The principal act being amended by this notification.
Chennai University (Amendment) Act, 2024: Act amending the Chennai University Act, 1923.
Tamil Nadu: State where the act is applicable.