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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(xi) all relevant instructions in regard to maintaining the discipline by students within
or outside the campus of the institution, and, in particular, such discipline relating
to prohibition of ragging of any student or students and the consequences thereof
and for violating the provisions of any regulation in this behalf made under the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or other law for the time being in force.
Provided that the institution deemed to be university shall publish information
referred to in items (i) to (xi) of this clause on its website, and the attention of the
prospective students and the general public shall be drawn to such publication
on the website through advertisements displayed prominently in the different
newspapers and through other media;

Provided further that the institution deemed to be university may publish
prospectus in accordance with this clause at any time before the expiry of sixty
days specified under this clause.
6.6 Every institution deemed to be university shall fix the price of each printed copy of the
prospectus, being not more than reasonable cost of its publication and distribution and
no profit be made out of this publication, distribution or sale of prospectus.
6.7 No institution deemed to be university shall, directly or indirectly, demand or charge or
accept, capitation fee or demand any donation, by way of consideration for admission
to any seat or seats in a course or programme of study conducted by it.
6.8 No person shall, directly or indirectly, offer or pay capitation fee or give any donation,
by way of consideration either in cash or kind or otherwise, for obtaining admission
to any seat or seats in a course or programme of study in any institution deemed to be
university.
6.9 No institution deemed to be university, who has in its possession or custody, of any
document in the form of certificates of degree, diploma or any other award or other
document deposited with it by a person for the purpose of seeking admission in such
institution, shall refuse to return such degree, certificate award or other document with
a view to induce or compel such person to pay any fee or fees in respect of any course
or programme of study which such person does not intend to pursue or avail any facility
in such institution:
6.10 In case a student, after having admitted to an institution deemed to be university, for
pursuing any course or programme of study in such institution, subsequently withdraws
from such institution, no institution in that case shall refuse to refund such percentage
of fee deposited by such student and within such time as has been mentioned in the
prospectus of such institution.
6.11 No institution deemed to be university shall, issue or publish-
(a) any advertisement for inducing students for taking admission in the institution,
claiming to be recognized by the appropriate statutory authority where it is not so
recognized;
(b) any information, through advertisement or otherwise in respect of its infrastructure
or its academic facilities or of its faculty or standard of instruction or academic
or research performance, which the institution, or person authorized to issue such
advertisement on behalf of the institution knows to be false or not based on facts
or to be misleading.

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