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Officers,
their appointment, powers,
duties and emoluments,
University.
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 board 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 temporary 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
University.
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.
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13. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Statutes. University shall be governed in accordance with the provi- sions of the statutes set forth in the regulations under this Regulations. 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 Governor 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 Examiners. 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.
of race,
and religion
15. No distinction of race or nationality shall be per- Distinctions mitted, and no test of religious belief or profession shall be nationality imposed, in order to entitle any person to be admitted as a forbidden. 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.
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