Section 12 in The Chanakya National Law University Act, 2006
12. Constitution and term of the Executive Council.
(1)The Executive Council shall consist of the following persons; namely:(a)The Vice-Chancellor of the University;(b)Chairman of the Bar Council of India or his nominee from amongst its members;(c)The Chairman, Bar Council of Bihar;(d)Advocate General of Bihar;(e)Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar;(f)Secretary-cum-Legal Remembrancer, Bihar;(g)The Registrar of the University;(h)Two Professors of law from outside the University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;(i)Three teachers to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor of whom, one shall be from amongst Heads of Department, one from Professors and one from Associate Professors by rotation for a period of one year each.(2)The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman of the Executive Council:(a)Where a person has become a member of the Executive Council by reason of the office or appointment he holds, his membership shall terminate when he ceases to hold that office or appointment;(b)The term of office of the nominated members of the Executive council other than ex-officio members shall be three years;(c)A member of the Executive Council shall cease to be a member, if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude. A member other than the Vice-Chancellor or teacher shall also cease to be a member if he accepts a full time appointment in the University; or if he being a teacher fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without the leave of the Vice-Chancellor;(d)A member of the Executive Council other than an ex-officio member may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted by him;(e)Any vacancy in the Executive Council shall be filled by nomination by the respective nominating authority and on expiry of the period of vacancy, such nomination shall cease to be effective.
