Section 7. Cluster University open to all classes and creeds.

Each Cluster University shall be open to all persons irrespective of sex, caste, class or creed and it shall not be lawful for a Cluster University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to a certificate, diploma or degree of the Cluster University, or to serve as a teacher or to hold any office in the Cluster University, or to enjoy or exercise any privileges thereof, except where such test is specially prescribed by the Statutes, or, in respect of any particular benefaction accepted by the Cluster University, where such test is made a condition thereof by any testamentary or other instrument creating such benefaction.