(1)Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the powers of the University conferred by or under this Act shall extend to the district of Lakhimpur and Sibsagar and to such other areas and colleges, institutions and other bodies beyond this territorial limit to which any or all of the powers of the University may be extended by it, with the previous approval of the State Government.(2)From the date on which this Act comes into force the Gauhati University shall come to exercise its jurisdiction over all the colleges and institutions affiliated to or recognized by it and lying within the district of Lakhimpur and Sibsagar, and the Dibrugarh University shall exercise authority and jurisdiction over them fro the aforesaid date, and they were affiliated to, or recognized by Dibrugarh University from the aforesaid date.
