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G.N. A.147/48.
University.
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 term 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.
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Twenty-four members of the Court shall form a quorum.
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 held in the second term of each academic year.
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University.
STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY.-Contd.
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.
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1. The Council shall consist of the following members of the G.N. 1005/39.
Court, namely
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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.
The Registrar shall be the secretary but not a member of the Council.
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;
() 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;
(A) 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.
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Seven members of the Council shall form a quorum.
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The powers of the Council may be exercised notwithstand- ing 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.
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5. If any member appointed by the Chancellor leaves the G.N. A.200/48. Colony and either remains absent for three months or more 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.
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STATUTE 10.
The Honorary Degrees Committee.
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.
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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;
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