 '2 0 a fj g l~ 81 ~ bill no 99 of 1981 -- ~-- c the delhi university (amendment) bill, 1981 a bill further to amend the delhi university act, 1922be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-second year of the republic of india as 1011ows:-1 (1) thi'3 act may be called the delhi university (amendment) act, 1981 5 (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9th day of june, 1981 shott title and commencement 80f 1922 amendmentof section 5 2 in section 5 of the delhi university act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be itlserted, namely:-10 "(ia) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-secti'on (1), the central government may, if it is of opinion that it i's necessary or expedient '30 to do in the public interest, direct, by order in writing, the university to admit to its privileges any i'nstitution situated outside india and the university shall be bound to comply with such di'rection" <t of 1981 3 (1) the delhi university (amendment) ordinance, 1981, is hereby repealed repeal and saving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act as amended by the said ordinance shel1 be deemed 20 to have been done or taken under the principal act as amended by this , act  statement of objects and reasonsfrom time to time government of india ha; been receiving requests from friendly foreign countries having no university of their own or the welfare associations of indians domiciled in foreign countries for affiliation of their institut~ons of higher education to a univernity in india it has, however, not been possible for the government to accede to such requests because none of the univernities in india has extra-territorial jurisdiction recently a request was recerv~d frorri a friendly foreign country for affiliation of their proposed degree college to the university of delhi for three-year degree course in order to make it p()3sible for the government to acceae to such requests and to enable the university of delhi to affiliate colleges outside india, it was decided to amend,section 5 of the delhi university act to empower the central government, if it is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public intereo3t, to issue a directive in writing to the university of delhi to admit 'to its privileges any institution situated outside india 2 in view of the fact that the foreign country which approached the government for affiliation of its college to delhi university desired that the college should start functioning from the academi'c ses3ion beginning in july, 1981, the president promulgated an ordinance namely, the delhi university (amendment) ordinance, 1981, on 9th june, 1981 amending the delhi uni'versity act for the purpose of granting affiliation to colleges situated outside india the present bill t3eeks to replace tl\e said ordinance new delm; the 11th august, 1981 sheila kaul a bll,l further to amend the delhi university act, 1922 (smt sheila kg1&!  mini:ster of state in the ministries of education and social we~fare) 