Comments.- This Act has undergone various changes from time to time. While some amendments have been brought by the Act of legislature, many amendments were introduced through Ordinances and continued for a long period, before being given the shape of an Act of Legislature, Reference may be made to Amending Acts 67 of 1982, 18 of 1993, 13 of 1995, 15 of 1996 and 7 of 1998 and 13 of 1998; While some of the Amending Acts were in both Hindi and English languages, some of them were published only in Hindi, since some of the Ordinances preceding such Acts as were published only in Hindi; where having both the texts Hindi and English, by comparing the Hindi texts of the Act with Hindi Text of the Ordinance, English text could be extracted, where the two Hindi texts tallied exactly or involved minor translation. But where the two texts did not tally, Hindi Version of the amendment has been incorporated]. An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University at Patna in the State of Bihar. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Bihar in the twenty seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Patna University Act, 1976.
                                                                 (2). It shall come into force at once.