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CAP. 1053]
University of Hong Kong
[1989 Ed.
(a) an offence for which the student has been convicted in any court of law;
(b) assault or battery against the person of any officer, member, employee or external student of the University;
(c) defamation of any officer, member, employee or external student of the University;
(d) wilful damage to or defacement of any property of any officer, member, employee or external student of the University;
(e) wilful damage to or defacement of any property of the University (excluding that of the Students' Union) or of approved halls and other accommodation approved for the residence of students, or use or occupation of the same otherwise than in accordance with the rules or other provision made therefor by the appropriate University authority;
(f) theft, fraud, misapplication of University funds or property of any kind (excluding those of the Students' Union);
(g) an offence in connection with degree, diploma, or certificate examinations, including violation of any of the regulations of the Senate governing conduct at examinations or otherwise;
(h) falsification or serious misuse of University documents or records or both, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) certificates in connection with degrees and other academic distinctions;
(i) false pretences, misrepresentation, fraud or personation of others, within or without the University, in connection with academic attainments or financial awards, or otherwise in connection with the University;
(j) refusal or failure to comply with any order of the Vice-Chancellor or, if he is not available, a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, prohibiting any conduct which he has reasonable cause to believe is likely-
(i) to disrupt teaching, study, research or the administration of the University;
or
(ii) to obstruct any officer or employee of the University in the performance of his duties;
(k) refusal or failure to attend upon or comply with any summons before or order of or decision made by the Committee or by the Vice-Chancellor in exercise of his disciplinary powers or by the Council;
(l) refusal or failure to comply with any order of any officer or teacher prohibiting conduct which he is reasonably satisfied-
(i) is disrupting teaching, study, research or the administration of the University; or
(ii) is obstructing any officer or employee of the University in the performance of his duties;
(m) refusal or failure to comply with any reasonable order of the warden of a hall relating to regulations governing residence made by the Senate or individual hall rules made in pursuance of such regulations;
(n) maliciously and without reasonable cause laying a complaint leading to disciplinary proceedings against another student;
(o) ragging; without prejudice to the generality of the term, "ragging" shall include conduct intended-
(i) to humiliate another student or hold him up to ridicule; or
(ii) to interfere with the peaceable enjoyment by another student of his privileges, benefits, rights or facilities.
(2) No complaint shall be brought before the Committee unless it is made within 1 month of the time when the matter of such complaint arose:
Provided that if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that the material facts relating to the complaint were or included facts of a decisive character which were at all times outside the knowledge (actual or constructive) of the complainant until a date which was after the end of the period of 1 month referred to above, a complaint may be brought before the Committee notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of 1 month.
3.
The Committee shall have power to provide for and regulate-
(a) the procedure to be followed in making appointments to the Committee and in connection with meetings of the Committee; and
(b) the conduct of all persons at any meeting of the Committee.