THE VISVA-BHARATI ACT, 1951( NO. XXIX OF 1951)An Act to declare the institution known as Visva-Bharati to be an institutionof national importance and to provide for its functioning as a unitary,teaching and residential university.*[9th May, 1951]Incorporating the provisions ofThe Visva-Bharati (Amendment) Act, 1961No. 60 of 1961as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II–Section 1,No. 64 dated December 20, 1961The Visva-Bharati (Amendment) Act, 1971No. 57 of 1971as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II–Section 1,dated December 15, 1971 **AND ofThe Visva-Bharati (Amendment) Act, 1984No. 31 of 1984as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II-Section 1,***[21st May, 1984]__________*This Act came into force on the 14th day of May, 1951 by Notification No. 40-5/50 G3 of theCentral Government. It has been referred to as the Principal Act, vide Sec. 2 of the AmendmentAct 1984.**This Act came into force on the 3rd day of November, 1971 in the form of an Ordinance asPublished in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II–Section 1, dated November 3, 1971.***This Act came into force on the 8th day of August, 1984 by Notification No. F. 12-3/84–Desk-Udated 7th August, 1984 of the Central Government.1