**Policy Summary:**
The Central Agricultural University Amendment Act, 2016 (Act No. 45 of 2016) was enacted by the Parliament of India and received the President's assent on August 19, 2016. Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, No. 52, on August 22, 2016, this Act amends the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992. The amendment specifically inserts the word "Nagaland" after "Mizoram" in Section 2, clause (l) and Section 6, subsection (1) of the principal Act. This modification likely expands the jurisdiction or scope of the Central Agricultural University to include the state of Nagaland. The Act is officially cited as the Central Agricultural University Amendment Act, 2016. The Secretary to the Govt. of India, Dr. G. Narayana Raju, is noted in the document.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Law and Justice: The Indian government ministry responsible for legislative affairs.
Parliament: The legislative body of the Republic of India.
President: The Head of State of the Republic of India who gave assent to the Act.
The Central Agricultural University Amendment Act, 2016: A law enacted by the Parliament of India to amend the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992.
Central Agricultural University Act, 1992: The original act that the Central Agricultural University Amendment Act, 2016, amends.
Mizoram: A state in India mentioned in the context of amendments to the Central Agricultural University Act, specifically in sections 2 and 6.
Nagaland: A state in India which is added to sections 2 and 6 of the Central Agricultural University Act by the amendment.
Dr. G. Narayana Raju: Secretary to the Government of India.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 22nd August, 2016/Shravana 31, 1938 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
19th August, 2016, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
(NO. 45 OF 2016)
[19th August, 2016.]
An Act further to amend the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Short title.
Act, 2016.
40 of 1992. 2. In the Central Agricultural University Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Amendment
Act), in section 2, in clause (l), after the word “Mizoram,”, the word “Nagaland,” shall be of section 2.
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Amendment 3. In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the word “Mizoram,”, the
of section 6. word “Nagaland,” shall be inserted.
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI—2016.
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