UNIVERSITY.
No. 10 of 1911.
1909
(2) The Governor of Hongkong and Chang Jen-Chun, lately Governor General of the Liang Kuang Provinces in China, shall be Patrons of the University. Additional Patrons may be appointed on the recommendation of the Court of the University approved by the Governor in Council.
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3. The Governor in Council may at all times exercise a power of veto if he should disapprove of any decision of the Court of the University on the grounds that the interests of the Colony would be injuriously affected, or that the proposal is ultra vires or unconstitutional, or for other good cause, but the said Court may appeal to the Secretary of State against the veto of the Governor in Council.
4. The University shall have the powers following:--
(1) to grant and confer degrees and other academic distinctions to and on persons who shall have pursued an approved course of study in the University and shall have passed the examinations prescribed by the University under conditions laid down in its statutes or regulations;
(2) to admit graduates of other universities to degrees of equal or similar rank in the University;
(3) to grant diplomas, certificates or other distinctions to persons who have pursued a course of study approved by the University under conditions laid down by the University;
(4) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions subject to any provisions which are or may be made in reference thereto by the statutes or regulations of the University;
(5) to deprive persons, on good cause shown, of any degrees, diplomas, certificates or distinctions granted to or conferred upon them by the University;
(6) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as the University may think fit, and also to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
(7) upon request by the Director of Education, to permit the University professors and lecturers or any of them to examine and inspect schools and other educational institutions, to grant certificates of proficiency or other distinctions
* As amended by No. 1 of 1921.
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