GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT
Arrangement of Sections
1. Short title and date of operation.
2. Absorption of students of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine to the University.
3. Medical Faculty of SAITM cease to be in operation.
4. Interpretation.
5. Sinhala text to prevail in case of any inconsistency.
17 of 2018.
AN ACT to make provisions for the absorption of students registered with the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University established under the Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Act as a matter of National interest and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
[Date of Commencement: On Notice]
1. Short title and date of operation.
This Act may be cited as the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Special Provisions) Act and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the “appointed date”).
2. Absorption of students of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine to the University.
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (hereinafter referred to as the “University”) shall have the power—
(a) to absorb those students who have obtained basic qualifications from among the students who have registered with the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the “SAITM”) between the period commencing from the fifteenth day of September Two Thousand Nine and ending in the fifteenth day of May Two Thousand Seventeen, to the University to follow the study programme leading to the award of the MBBS Degree (KDU);
(b) to award the MBBS Degree (KDU) to students absorbed to the University under paragraph (a), who would successfully complete the study programme leading to the award of the MBBS Degree (KDU);
(c) to award to those students having basic qualifications and have completed the study programme leading to the award of the MBBS Degree at the SAITM on or before the appointed date, the MBBS Degree (KDU) on such terms as may be determined by the Board of Management of the University in respect thereof; and
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