UNIVERSITY ORDINANCE

UNIVERSITY ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 319.

UNIVERSITY.

For the incorporation and regulation of the University of
Hong Kong.
[31st March, 1911.]

WHEREAS it is desirable to establish a University within the
Colony of Hong Kong for the promotion of Learning,
Arts, Science and Research, the provision of higher
education, the conferring of degrees, the development
and formation of the character of students of all races,
nationalities and creeds, and the maintenance of good
understanding with the neighbouring country of China :
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to incorporate the University
and to provide for its regulation

1. This Ordinance rnay be cited as the University
Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance-
'Chancellor', 'Vice-Chancellor' and 'Registrar' respec-
tively mean the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and
Registrar of the University;
'Court', 'Council' and 'Senate' respectively mean the
Court, the Council and the Senate of the University;
'good cause', when used in reference to removal from any
office, means inability to perform efficiently the duties
of the office, neglect of duty or such misconduct, whether
in an official or a private capacity, as renders the holder
unfit to continue in office ;
'statutes' means the statutes of the University
'University' means the University of Hong Kong
established by this Ordinance.

3. Should His Majesty deign to become a Visitor of
the University or to appoint some other person in that behalf,
His Majesty or such person shall forthwith become a Visitor
as aforesaid and shall exercise such powers of supervision
as may seem good to him.

4. There shall be established in Hong Kong a Univer-
sity with the name and style of 'The University of Hong





Kong', by which name the Chancellor and other members
of the University, are hereby constituted one body politic and
corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and
with full power by and in such name to sue and be sued,
and without any further licence to take by gift or otherwise,
purchase and hold, grant, demise or otherwise dispose of real
or personal estate, and with the other powers conferred by,
under or by virtue of this Ordinance.

5. The area of Crown land situate to the south of
Bonhani Road and to the east of Pokfulain Road, and
delinuated and described on the plan thereof signed by the
Governor and by William Chatharn, Director of Public
Works, and deposited in the Land Office, and all buildings
now erected or in course of erection or hereafter to be erected
thereon, together with all rights, easements and appurtenances
thereto belonging, shall vest in the University in fee simple
for the purposes of this Ordinance free of Crown rent :
Provided always that the University shall not sell, convey
or dispose of the said land or buildings or any part thereof
to any person without the written licence of His Majesty :
Provided also thal if the said land and buildings or any part
thereof shall at any time cease to be used for the purposes of
the University in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance the said land and buildings or part thereof, as the
case may be, shall revert to the Crown.

6. All moneys subscribed for the purposes of the
University, whether on deposit in any name in any bank or
not, and all investments of such moneys, and all interest,
income and profits arising from such investments, and all
securities therefor, shall vest in the University.

7. (1) Contracts on behalf of the University may be
inade as follows-
(a)a contract, which if made between private persons
would be by law required to be in writing, and if
made according to English law to be under seal,
may be made on behalf of the University in writing
under the common seal of the University;
(b)a contract, which if made between private persons
would be by law required to be in writing and signed
by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made
on behalf of the University in writing signed by





any person acting under the express or implied
authority of the Council ;
(c)a contract, which if made between private Persons
would by law be valid although made by parol only
and not reduced into writing, may be rnade by parol
on behalf of the University by any person acting
under the express or implied authority of the
Council.

(2) A contract made according to this section shall be
effectual in law and shall bind the University and its succes-
sors and all other parties thereto.

(3) A contract made according to this section may be
varied or discharged in the same manner in which it is
authorized by this section to be made.

(4) Instruments under seal made on behalf of the
University, sealed with the common seal of the University,
signed by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor or Treasurer and
countersigned by the Registrar, shall bc deemed to be duly
executed.

8. No dividend or bonus shall be paid and no gift or
division of money shall be made by or oil behalf of the
University to or among any of its members except by way
of prize, reward or special grant.

9. (1) There shall be a Court, a Council and a Senate,
whose respective constitutions, powers and duties shall be as
prescribed by this Ordinance and the statutes.

(2) The Court shall be the supreme governing body
of the University and, subject to the provisions of this Ordin-
ance and the statutes, shall have the general direction of the
University, its functions, Property and affairs.
(3) The Council shall be the executive body of the
University, and shall have the custody and use of the Univer-
sity seal ; subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the
statutes, it shall administer the property and manage the
affairs of the University.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the
statutes and to the financial control of the Council, the Senate
shall have the regulation of all matters relating to education
in the University.





(5) Subject to the provisions of sections 7 and 12, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, revoke any decision of the Council
or of the Senate.

(6) No act or resolution of the Court, the Council or
the Senate shall be invalid by reason only of any vacancy
ill, or any want of qualification by or invalidity in the election
or appointment of any member of, any such body.

10. (1) There shall be faculties of medicine, engineering,
science and arts, and such other faculties as may be con-
stituted by the Court on the recommendation of the Council.
In the arts faculties due provision shall be made for the
study, of the Chinese language and literature.

(2) There shall be a board and a Dean of each faculty
with such powers respectively as may be prescribed by this
Ordinance and the statutes.

11. (1) For the purpose of advising the Court with
respect to the award of honorary degrees there shall be an
honorary degrees committee which shall consist of such per-
sons as shall be provided by the statutes.

(2) No honornry degree shall be awarded save on the
recommendation of the honorary degrees commitee.

(3) For the purpose of assisting the Council in financial
matters there shall be a finance committee which shall consist
of such persons as shall be provided by the statutes and with-
out the previous approval of which-
(a)no expenditure shall be incurred or made by or on
behalf of the University;
(b)no nioneys belonging to the University shall be
invested ;
(c)no immovable property shall be dealt with in any
manner by or on behalf of the University;
(d)no money shall be borrowed by or on behalf of the
University.

(4) For the purpose of giving advice and assistance to
the Court, the Council, the Senate and the board of any
faculty in connexion with the exercise of their powers and
duties, the Court, the Council, the Senate and the board of





any faculty respectively may establish such committees as
they think fit.

(5) Unless otherwise expressly provided, any committee
may consist partly of persons who are not members of the
Court, the Council, the Senate or the board of any faculty,
as the case may be.

(6) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the
statutes, the Court, the Council, the Senate and the boarel of
any faculty respectively may, with or without restrictions or
conditions as they think fit, delegate any of their powers and
duties to any committee.

12. (1) There shall be a Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor,
a Treasurer, a Registrar and such other officers of the
University as the Court may determine.

(2) The Chancellor shall be the head, and principal
officer, of the University.

(3) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the chief administra-
tive officer of the University.

(4) The Governor of Hong Kong shall be the Chan-
cellor.

(5) The Vice-Chancellor and the Treasurer shall be
appointed by the Court on the nomination of the Council,
and the Court for good cause may revoke any such appoint-
ment.

(6) The Registrar, professors, readers, lecturers and
other officers of the University shall be appointed by the
Council and the Council for good cause may revoke any such
appointment.

(7) An appeal shall lie to the Chancellor from any
decision of the Court or the Council to revoke the appoint-
ment of any officer of the University.

(8) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section,
it shall be lawful, during any vacancy in any office in the
University or during the ternporary incapacity, whether from
illness, absence from the Colony or any other cause, of any
officer of the University to act in his office, from time to time





to appoint any fit person to exercise the powers and perform
the duties of that office.

(9) The powers and duties of the officers of the Univer-
sity, the periods and conditions for and upon which they
hold office and their emoluments shall be such as are pres-
cribed by this Ordinance, the statutes and the terms of their
respective appointments ; but the Council may assign to any
officer, subject in the case of the Chancellor to his consent,
such further powers and duties as it may think fit.

13. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the
University shall be governed in accordance with the provi-
sions of the statutes set forth in the regulations under this
Ordinance.

(2) The Court may add to, amend or repeal any of the
statutes, and shall submit every such addition, amendment or
repeal to the Governor in Council, who may approve or dis-
allow the same.

(3) Every such addition, amendment and repeal, if
approved by the Covernor in Council, shall be published in
the Gazette and shall, unless otherwise provided, come into
operation on the day of such publication.

14. All examinations held by the University shall be
conducted in such manner as the statutes and regulations
shall prescribe : Provided that at least one external and in-
dependent examiner shall be appointed for each subject or
group of subjects forming part of the course of studies
required for degrees, but this proviso shall not apply to
examinations for entrance to the University.

15. No distinction of race or nationality shall be per-
mitted, and no test of religious belief or profession shall be
imposed, in order to entitle any person to be admitted as a
member, professor, reader, lecturer, teacher or student of the
University or to hold office therein or to graduate thereat or
to hold any advantage or privilege thereof.





UNIVERSITY.

(Cap. 319, section 13 (1).)

(Ordinance No. 10 of 1911)

[2nd September, 1939.]
STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY.
STATUTE 1.

Interpretation.

In these statutes-
'Ordinance' means the 'University', 'statutes', 'Court', 'Council 'Senate', 'Chancellor',
'Vice-Chancellor', 'Registrar' and 'good cause' shall have
respectively, as nearly as may be, the same meanings as they
have in the Ordinance;
'academic year' means such period, not exceeding twelve consecu-
tive months, and 'term' and 'academic term' mean such part
of an academic year, as the Senate shall from time to time
determine.

STATUTE 2.

Covgregations.

1. The time, place and procedure of congregations of the
whole University shall be determined by the Chancellor.

2. The Chancellor, or in his absence the Vice-Chancellor, shall
preside at congregations.
3. At least one congregation shall be held in each academic
year.

STATUTE 3.

Degrees.

1. Degrees shall be conferred by the Chancellor, or in his
absence the Vice-Chancellor, at congregations of the whole
University.

2. No procedure to finy degree shall be allowed without
examination or other adequate test, but honorary degrees may be
conferred as the Chancellor, on the recommendation of the honorary
degrees committee and the Court, thinks fit.

3. No degree in medicine or surgery shall be conferred on
any person who has not completed a five years' course of study
at a University or other place of learning, including at least two
years at the University of Hong Kong; and no degree in any
other faculty shall be conferred on any person who has not com-
pleted a four years' course of study at a University or other
place of learning, including at least one year at the University of
Hong Kong.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.

Degrees-Contd.

4. No new degree shall be established or other distinction of
honour or merit adopted without reference to the Senate.

5. No person shall be deprived of any degrep, diploma, certi-
ficate or other academic distinction except for good cause by the
Chancellor on the joint recommendation of the Council and the
Senate.

STATUTE 4.
Members of the University.

The members of the University shall be-
the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Treasurer, Deans of the
faculties and Registrar of the University;
the members of the Court;
the members of the Council;
the members of the Senate;
the members of the boards of the faculties;
the Emeritus and Honorary Professors;
the teaching staff of the University;
the wardens of hostels;
the graduates, and
the undergraduates.
A member of the University shall continue to be a member
so long as he possesses any one of the qualifications set out in
this statute.

STATUTE 5.

Officers of the Universitiy
1. The Vice-Chancellor shall be a member of every committee
of the Court, Council or Senate, and of every committee of the
board of any faculty.

2. The Treasurer shall be appointed for three years and shall
bc eligible for reappointment.

3. (1) The Dean of each faculty shall be elected from the
members of the faculty by the board ok the faculty, or failing such
election shall be appointed by the Council, for three years at a
time and shall be eligible for re-election or reappointment.
(2) Whenever the office of Dean becomes vacant a new Dean
shall forthwith be elected or appointed.
(3) The Dean shall be chairman of and shall prepare business
for the board of his faculty; he shall be a member of all committees
of the faculty and shall present candidates for degrees (except
honorary degrees) in the subjects of the faculty.

4. The Council may require the Registrar to act as bursar
and in that capacity to find such security as the Council may
determine.

5. (1) The Court shnIl appoint an auditor or auditors, who
shall not be members of the Court, the Council, the Senate, the
board of any faculty or any committee.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY---Contd.

Officers of the University.-Contd.

(2) Auditors shall hold office for one year at a time and shall
be eligible for re-election.

6. Professors, readers and lecturers whose services are exclu-
sively at the disposal of the University shall not during the tenure
of their appointments engage in professional practice except in a
consultative capacity and with the approval of the Council.

7. (1) Upon the recommendation of the Senate the Court; may
appoint Honorary Professors and may confer the title of Emeritus
Professor upon any professor who has retired from office.

(2) An Honorary or Emeritus Professor shall not ex officio
be a member of the Court, Council, Senate or the board of any
faculty but may be invited by the Council on the recommendation
of the Senate to take any part in the teaching of the University.

(3) The Court for good cause may deprive any person of any
such appointment or title.

STATUTE 6.

Procedure generally.

1. The Chancellor may preside at any meeting of the Council,
the Senate or any committee.

2. In the absence of the president or chairman and, if there
is a vice-president or vice-chairman, of the vice-president or vice-
chairman from a meeting of the Court, Council, Senate, the board
of any faculty or any committee, the members present at each
meeting shall choose a president or chairman, as the case may be.

3. Except as provided in the statutes, the Court, Council,
Senate, boards of the faculties and committees shall determine
and may make rules for the time, place and procedure of their
respective meetings.

4. The minutes of all meetings of every committee held since
the last preceding meeting of the parent body shall be laid on
the table at each meeting of that body, whether it be the Court,
Council, Senate or the board of any faculty.

5. The minutes of all meetings of the Senate held since the
last preceding meeting of the Council shall be laid on the table
at each meeting of the Council.

6. The minutes of all meetings of the Council and Senate
held since the last preceding meeting of the Court shall be laid
on the table at each meeting of the Court.

7. The minutes of all meetings of the boards of the faculties
held since the last preceding meeting of the Senate shall be laid
on the table at each meeting of the Senate.

8. In case of equality of votes on a question at a meeting
of the Court, Council, Senate, the board of any faculty or any com-
mittee, the president or chairman of the meeting shall have a
second or casting vote in respect of that question.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.
STATUTE 7.

The Court.
1. The Court shall consist of-
(1) the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor and the Treasurer;
(2) the following life members-
Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.,
Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt., LL.D.,
Mr. Mok Kon Sang,
Sir Shouson Chow, Kt., LL.D.,
Dr. Ts'o Seen Wan, C.B.E., LL.D.
and such other life members as the Court may appoint.
No person shall be appointed a life member of the Court
unless he is nominated by a majority of two-thirds of the members
of the Court and his appointment is approved by the Chancellor;
(3) the following members ex officio-
the Chief Justice;
the members of the Executive Council;
the members of the Legislative Council;
the Director of Public Works; if not included
the Director of Medical and in the foregoing
Health Services; classes.
the Director of Education;
the Chief Manager of The Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
or the person for the time being
in charge of the business of the
said corporation in Hong Kong;
the professors of the University;
the Deans of the faculties;
the Registrar; and
(4) thirty-four members, not being already included in any of
the foregoing classes and being resident in the Colony, to be
appointed by the Governor; of these not less than nine shall be
Chinese, not less than three shall be registered graduates and
nominated by the registered graduates of the University, and not
less than three shall be representatives of the grant-in-aid schools
and selected from among the nominees of the governing bodies
of such schools.
2. The appointment of each member of the Court shall be
notified in the Gazette.
3. Vacancies shall be filled as they occur or as soon there-
after as conveniently may be.
4. Any member of the Court except an ex officio member
may resign by writing addressed to the Court.
5. The ex officio members shall continue members so long
only as they hold the office in virtue of which they became members
of the Court.
6. The nominated members shall hold office for three years
at a time and shall be eligible for reappointment.
7. IS any nominated member leaves the Colony and either
remains absent for three months or more or gives notice of his
intended absence for three months or more, the Governor may
appoint another person to act as member in his place during his
absence. The acting member shall vacate his office either on the
return of the absent member to the Colony or on the expiry of
the absent member's term of office, whichever first happens.





STATUTES Of THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.
STATUTE 8.

Meetings of the Court.
1. The Court shall meet in the first term and again in the
second terin of each academic year, and at such other times as
may be necessary.

2. The Chancellor shall be the president and the Vice-
Chancellor the vice-president of the Court.

3. The Chancellor may convene a meeting of the Court at
any time.

4. Twenty-four members of the Court shall form a

5. The budget of the University shall be submitted to the
Court at a meeting held in the first term and the accounts at
a meeting neld in the second term of each academic year.

STATUTE 9.

Powers of the Court.
Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and the statutes,
the Court shall have power-
(a)to establish degrees, diplomas, certificates and other
academic distinctions;
(b)to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as
it may think fit and to make provision for research and
for the increase and dissemination of knowledge;
(c)to determine whether and on what conditions any proposal
for the incorporation of any other institution in the Univer-
sity may be made or accepted;
(d)to affiliate other institutions or to admit the members
thereof to any privilege of the University;
(e)to institute, suspend and abolish professorships, reader-
ships, lectureships and other teaching posts in the Univer-
sity;
(f)to institute, suspend and abolish fellowships, scholarships,
exhibitions, bursaries and other educational endowments
and prizes;
(g)to prescribe the duties of all officers whom it may appoint
and to fix their remuneration and the terms and conditions
of their appointments;
(h)to appoint committees within or without the Colony to
select candidates for any office to which it may appoint;
(i)to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite
to the objects of the University or to give effect to the
powers conferred on the Court by the Ordinance or the
statutes.

STATUTE 10.

The Honorary Degrees Committee.
1. The honorary degrees committee shall consist of-
the Chancellor, who shall be chairman;
the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be vice-chairman;
the Dean of each faculty, and
a member of the Council appointed by the Council.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.

2. The Registrar shall be the secretary but not a member of
the honorary degrees committee.

3. The member appointed by the Council shall hold office for
three years at a time and shall be eligible for reappointment.

STATUTE 11.

The Council.

1. The Council shall consist of the following members of the
Court, namely-
the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chairman;
the Treasurer;
the Colonial Secretary;
the Dean of each faculty, and
nine persons to be appointed from time to time for a term
not exceeding three years by the Chancellor: of these
one shall be a member of the full time teaching staff
of the University, one shall be nominated by The
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, one shall
be a Chinese nominated by the Chinese members of
the Executive and Legislative Councils jointly, and of
the remaining six, two shall be Chinese; any member
so appointed as aforesaid may resign by writing
addressed to the secretary of the Council.

2. The Registrar shall be the secretary but not a member
of the Council.

3. Seven members of the Council shall form a quorum.

4. The powers of the Council may be exercised notwithstand-
inz any vacancy in its number, but if at any time and as long
as the number of members of the Council is less than ten the
Council shall discontinue the exercise of its powers.

5. If any member appointed by the Chancellor leaves the
Colony and either remains absent for three months or more or
gives notice of his intended absence for three months or more,
the Chancellor may appoint another person to act as member in
his place during his absence. The acting member shall vacate his
office either on the return of the absent member to the Colony
or on the expiry of the absent member's term of office, whichever
first happens.

STATUTE 12.
Powers of the Council.
Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and the statutes
the Council shall have power-
(a)to govern, manage and regulate the finances, accounts,
investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever
of the University and for that, purpose to appoint bankers,
counsel, solicitors and such other officers or agents as it
may be expedient to appoint;





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-COntd.

Powers of the Council-Contd.

(b)to invest the moneys of the University, including any
unapplied income, in such stocks, funds, fully paid-up
shares or securities, mortgages, debentures or debenture
stock as the Council shall think ft, whether such invest-
ments be authorized by the general law for the invest-
ment of trust moneys or not and whether they be within
the Colony or not, and to invest such moneys in the pur-
chase of leasehold property in the Colony, and to vary
any investments by sale and reinvestment or otherwise;
(c)to purchase, grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield
up, exchange, partition, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer
and accept leases of real and personal property on behalf
of the University;
(d)to provide the buildings, premises, furniture, apparatus
and other means needed for carrying on the work of the
University, to allocate such buildings, premises, furniture,
apparatus and means to the various faculties and to alter
such allocation at any time;
(e)to borrow money on behalf of the University and for that
purpose, with the approval of the Court, to mortgage all
or any part of the property of the University, whether
real or personal, or give such other security, whether upon
such real or personal properly or otherwise, as it thinks
fit: Provided that the moneys borrowed and owing by the
University shall not at any time exceed in the whole the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars except with the
sanction of a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council
and confirmed by the vote of three-fourths of the members
present and voting at a subsequent meeting of the Council
specially convened for the purpose and held not less than
seven days after the former meeting;
to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf
of the University;
(g)to establish a University printing press and publish books
and other matter on behalf of the University;
(h)subject to the approval of the Court, to select a seal, arms
and mace for the University;
(i)to review, refer back and report to the Court on any act,
decision or recommendation of the Senate;
(j) to give directions to the Senate in any financial matter or
any matter affecting the property of the University;
(k) to review the instruction and teaching of the University;
(l) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities for
the regulation and conduct of examinations, for the
examination and inspection of schools and other academic
institutions, for the extension of University teaching and
for other purposes;
(m) to entertain and adjudicate upon complaints from, and to
redress grievances of, members of the University and
persons employed therein;
(n) to draft statutes;
(o) to prescribe fees;
(p)to prescribe the duties of all officers whom it may appoint
and to fix their remuneration and the terms and conditions
of their appointments;
(q)to appoint committees within or without the Colony to
select candidates for any office to which it may appoint;
(r)to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite
to perform any duty which the Court may delegate to
the Council or to give effect to the powers conferred on
the Council by the Ordinance or the statutes,











STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.
STATUTE 13.

The Finance Committee.
1. The Finance Committee shall consist of-
the Treasurer of the University, who shall be chairman;
the Vice -Chancellor;
the Financial Secretary;
the Chief Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, or the person for the time being in charge
of the business of the said corporation in Hong Kong;
the mernber of the Council nominated by The Hong Kong
General Chamber of Commerce, and
a member elected annually by the foregoing members of

the committee from the teaching staff of the Univer-
sity.

2. The Registrar shall be the secretary but not a member
of the Finance Committee.

3. Three members of the Finance Committee shall form a
quorum.

STATUTE 14.

Disciplinary Committees.
1. All matters relating to charges of inefficiency, neglect of
duty or misconduct against any officer of the University whom the
Court or the Council has power to appoint shall stand referred to a
disciplinary committee of the Court or of the Council, as the case
may be, and the committee shall have all the powers of the Court
or the Council in relation to such charges.

2. The disciplinary committee of the Council shall consist of
three persons appointed by the Chancellor, namely a senior member
of the teaching staff of the University, a member of the Council who
is not a member of that staff, and one other person.

STATUTE 15.
The Senate.
1. The Senate shall consist of-
the Vice- Chancellor, who shall be chairman;
the Director of Education, and
the professors and readers of the University.

2. The Senate shall meet once in each term of every academic
year, and at such other times as may be necessary.

3. Seven members of the Senate shall form a quorum.

STATUTE 16.

Powers of the Senate.
1. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and the statutes,
the Senate shall have power-
(a)to direct and regulate generally the instruction and education
in and the examinations held by the University;





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.

Powers of the Senate,-contd.

(b)to determine what examinations and courses of study in
other Universities or places of learning shall be deemed
equivalent to examinations and courses of study in the
University of Hong Kong;
(c)to advise the Court and the Council on matters relating to
education or research and all matters connected with the
organization, administration, general improvement and
development of the University;
(d)to propose persons to the Chancellor for admission to
degrees: Provided that the Council shall have a like power
in the case of honorary degrees only;
(e)to organize the faculties and to review, refer back, control,
amend or disallow any act of the board of any faculty,
and to give directions to the boards of the faculties;
(f)to fix the time, mode and conditions of competition for, and
to award, fellowships, scholarships and other educational
endowments and prizes in accordance with the terms thereof;
(g)to recommend any person for appointrnent to or removal
from the post of professor, reader, lecturer or any other
teaching post to which the Council has power to appoint;
(h)to manage the University libraries;
(i)to suspend or expel any undergraduate or student:
Provided that the Vice-Chancellor may, if he thinks it
necessary, in any case peremptorily exercise a like power of
suspension, pending the decision of the Senate in that case;
(j)to approve halls and hostels for the residence of students;
(k)to provide lectures and courses of study for persons who are
not members of the University;
(l) to furnish scientific advice for public purnoses, and
(m)to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite
to give effect to the powers conferred on the Senate by the
Ordinance or the statutes, or to perform any duty which
the Court or the Council may delegate to the Senate.

2. (1) The Senate may from time to time make regulations
with respect to any of the following matters or for any of the
following purposes-
(a)the admission, registration, residence, conduct and discipline
of students;
(b) courses of study and examinations;
(c) academic dress;
(d) the payment of fees;
(e)the award of scholarships and other educational endowments,
and prizes;
(f)the use of the University libraries, laboratories, workshops
and other institutions;
(g)prescribing anything which is by the Ordinance or the
statutes to be prescribed by regulations;
(h)prescribing conditions under which persons may be exempted
from the provisions of any regulation;
(i)generally, all matters which by the Ordinance or the statutes
it is empowered to regulate.
(2) All such regulations shall, unless otherwise provided, come
into operation on the day on which they are made.
(3) All such regulations shall be laid on the table of the Court
at the first meeting thereof after the making of the regulations and,
without prejudice to anything done thereunder, the Court, if it
thinks fit, may forthwith revoke any such regulation.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.
STATUTE 17.
The Standing Committee of the Senate.
1. For the purpose of giving advice and assistance to the
Senate in connexion with the exercise and performance of its powers
and duties, there shall be a Standing Committee of the Senate.

2. The Standing Committee shall consist of-
the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chairman;
the Dean of each faculty, and
one member of each faculty appointed from time to
time for one year by the Senate.

3. The Standing Committee shall-
(a)consider and make recommendations on all business to be
placed before the Senate;
(b) carry out the instructions of the Senate;
(c)subject to the directions of the Senate, determine the time,
place and manner of holding University examinations and
do all things necessary for the conduct of such examina-
tions;
(d)receive the reports and give effect to the decisions of any
other committee of the Senate, and
(e) conduct the routine business of the Senate.

STATUTE 18.

The Faculties.

1. Theboard of each faculty shall consist of-
the Vice-Chancellor;
the Dean of the faculty;
theprofessors, readers and lecturers in the subjects of the
faculty whose services are exclusively at the disposal
of the University;
such other lecturers as the Senate may propose and the
Council may determine, and
such other persons, not exceeding in number one-fourth of
the total number of the members of the board, as the
Senate may propose and the Council may determine.

2. The board of each faculty shall be responsible to the Senate
for the teaching of the subjects assigned to that faculty and shall
report thereon to the Senate from time to time.

STATUTE 19.
Powers of the Boards of the Faculties.
Subject to the provisions Of the Ordinance and the statutes,
the board of each faculty shall have power-
(a)to advise the Senate on any questions relating to the work
of the faculty, and
(b)to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite
to perform any duty which the Senate may delegate to it.





STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY-Contd.

STATUTE 20.

Examinations.

1. Examinations for degrees shall be conducted by members
of the teaching staff of the University proposed in that behalf by
the boards of the faculties and appointed by the Senate, and by
external and independent examiners appointed by the Council.

2. In all examinations the Council shall, if practicable, appoint
in each subject at least one examiner who is not a teacher of the
University.

3. The Vice-Chancellor may in his absolute discretion appoint
an examiner or, as the case may be, an external examiner for any
examination whenever a vacancy or other emergency requiring such
an immediate appointment occurs in relation to that examination.

STATUTE 21.

Benefactions.

1. (1) Subject to any regulations for the admission of students
to the University, and to the following provisions of this statute,
every gift of $50,000 and, if the gift is of more than $50,000, every
additional $50,000 to the University Endowment Fund shall entitle
the donor from time to time to nominate a free scholar for admission
to the University as an undergraduate.
(2) The right to nominate a free scholar shall be personal to
and for the life of the donor; but if the donor be a firm or cor-
poration or a city, town or village in China or elsewhere, the right
shall be for such period as the Council and the donor shall mutually
determine at the time when the gift is made, and shall in that case
be exercised by the donor's representative duly accredited to the
satisfaction of the Council.
(3) Free scholars shall be exempt from fees for tuition but
not from other fees.
(4) The number of free scholars nominated by any one donor
shall not at any time exceed four.

2. The total number of student; (includitig free scholars)
attending the University at any one time and entitled under my
scholarship or other educational endowment or any statute to
exemption from fees for tuition, board or lodging shall not exceed
fifty unless the Council shall from time to time otherwise determine.

3. Nothing in this statute shall be deemed to affect any right
acquired before 22nd May, 1931, under any former statute by any
subscriber to the University Endowment Fund.

STATUTE 22.

Savings.

Nothing in these statutes shall be deemed to affect the right
acquired by any person to be a member of the University or of
the Court, Council or Senate under any agreement for the incorpora-
tion of any other institution in the University.
Originally 10 of 1911. Fraser 10 of 1911. Short title. Interpretation. Visitors. Incorporation. Real property. Personal property. Form of contracts. [s. 7 cont.] Dividends prohibited. Court, Council and Senate, their constitutions, powers and duties. Faculties. Honorary degrees committee. Finance committee. Committees generally. [s. 11 cont.] Officer, their appointment, powers, duties and emoluments. Statutes. Regulations. Examiners. Distinctions of race, nationality and religion forbidden. Regulations-Fraser, vol. 2, p. 662. G.N. 1005/39. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N.A. 299/48. (Cap. 319.) Constitution. Officers. Life members. Ex office members. Nominated members. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N. 1005/39. G.N.A. 299/48.

Originally 10 of 1911. Fraser 10 of 1911. Short title. Interpretation. Visitors. Incorporation. Real property. Personal property. Form of contracts. [s. 7 cont.] Dividends prohibited. Court, Council and Senate, their constitutions, powers and duties. Faculties. Honorary degrees committee. Finance committee. Committees generally. [s. 11 cont.] Officer, their appointment, powers, duties and emoluments. Statutes. Regulations. Examiners. Distinctions of race, nationality and religion forbidden. Regulations-Fraser, vol. 2, p. 662. G.N. 1005/39. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N.A. 299/48. (Cap. 319.) Constitution. Officers. Life members. Ex office members. Nominated members. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N.A. 147/48. G.N. 1005/39. G.N.A. 299/48.

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