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STATUTE 6.

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

1. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor other than the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Council, after consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, from among the Presidents of the Colleges who shall normally hold this office in rotation.

2. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for two years.

STATUTE 7.

The Treasurer,

The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Council and shall bold office for three years, and may be re-appointed and where he is re-appointed be shall hold office for a further period or periods of three years.

1. The Registrar-

STATUTE 8.

The Registrar and the Librarian.

(a) shall be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of a Board of Advisers on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Council:

(b) shall be Secretary of the Council, the Senate, the Convocation, the Faculties and the Boards of Studies and shall cause esinutes of their proceedings to be kept;

(e) shall be responsible for the custody of the University seal and for affixing it to documents in accordance with the directions given by the Council in the oxarcise of its powers under the Ordinance and these Statutes;

(d) shall be custodian of the records of the University:

(2) shall discharge such other duties as are specified in the Ordinance and Statutes and such other duties as may be determined by the Council

2. The Librarian shall be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of a Board of Advisers on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Council, and shall have auch duties as the Council shall determine after consultation with the Senate.

STATUTE 9.

The Council.

1. The nominated and clected members of the Council shall hold office for three years from the date of their nomination or election and shell be eligible for re-nomination or re-election provided that members elected under the provision of paragraphs (/) and (h) of section 11 of the Ordinance shall cease to be members of the Council if they cease to be members of the Board of Governors or of the Senate respectively which elected them.

2. Should a nominated or elected member of the Council die or resign during his period of membership, the body which nominated or elected him shall duly nominate or elect, as the case may be, a successor whose membership of the Council shall be for the unexpired period of membership of bis predecessor.

3. Members of the Council whose membership derives from the provisions of paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of section 11 of the Ordinance shall remain members of the Council for so long as they hold the office or appointment by reason of which they became members of the Council.

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4. The Council shall elect from among iu members a Vice-Chairman who sball bold office for a period of two years. A retiring Vice-Chairman may be re-elected.

5. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and the Statutes and without derogating from the generality of its power, it is specifically prescribed— (1) that the Council shall have the power-

(a) to make Statutes, provided that no Stelute shall be made until the Senate of the University and the Board of Governors of each College shall have bad an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council: (b) to make decrees for any purpose for which decrees are or may be authorized to be made, provided that no depice shall be made intil the Senate of the University and the Board of Governors of each College shall have had an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council:

(4) to invest any money belonging to the University:

(d) to borrow money on behalf of the University;

fel to sell, buy, exchange, lease or accept leases of any real or personal

property on behalf of the University:

(0 to enter into, vary, perform and cancel contracts on behalf of the

University;

(g) to require the Board of Governors of each College annually to submit in such form and at such time as the Council may determine estimates of the expenditure necessary to carry out the work of that College:

(3) to require the Board of Governors of each College annually to produce its audited accounts in such form and at such time as the Council may determine:

(0 to receive from public sources grants for capital and re-current expendi-

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() to receive gifts;

(A) to make grants to the Boards of Governors of the several Colleges for

capital and re-current expenditure,

( to provide for the welfare of persons employed by the University as distinct from the Colleges and the wives,” widows and dependunts of such persons, including the payment of money, persious, or other pay- ments and to subscribe to benevolent and other funds for the benefit of such persons;

(m) to provide for the discipline and welfare of students;

(n) to recommend the conferment of degrees honoris causa;

(o) after report from the Senate to establish additional Faculties or to

abolish, combine or subdivide any Faculty:

(p) with the consent of the Senate and the Board of Governors of the College in which the appointment is tepable to abolish or hold in abeyance any professorship, readership or senior lectureship:

(2) that it shall be the duty of the Council-

(a) 10 elect a Treasurer and to determine his duties:

(8) to appoint bankers, auditors and any other agents whom it seems

expedient to appoint;

(c) to appoint an Academic Planning Committee, consisting of the Vice- Chancellor and the Presidents of the several Colleges and to receive reports therefrom;