The UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION ACT, 1956

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION

Section 4: Establishment of the Commission.

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Commission by the name of the University Grants Commission.

(2) The said Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.