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It was also specified\u00a0that any failure to comply with the instructions of the Notification would\u00a0amount\u00a0to prohibition of\u00a0the\u00a0defaulting\u00a0University\/Affiliated\u00a0College from offering \u00a0any course for the award of unspecified degree. Regarding the Integrated and Dual Degree Programmes, including the various integrated law degrees such as B.A. LL. B, the Universities have been instructed to act judiciously and cautiously while introducing the said\u00a0courses\u00a0and that an Integrated\/Dual Degree\u00a0Programme will be made permissible only if there is no compromise on any course requirement viz. duration, number of papers, intensity of courses, teaching\/learning hours, credits etc. If the Integrated\/Dual Degree Programmes intend to offer two separate degrees with an option of an interim exit or lateral entry, the duration of the integrated\/ Dual Degree Programme must not be less than the duration equal to the sum total of the\u00a0prescribed\u00a0duration of the two degrees. Universities who have introduced Integrated\/Dual Degree Programmes are strictly instructed for not diluting the standards as prescribed in the Regulations. 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