3. (1) The Senate panel shall consist of twenty member, of the Senate (not being undergraduates) appointed in a defined order of precedence by the Senate.
(2) Each member of the Senate panel shall be appointed for a term of one year beginning on 1st July and terminating on 30th June in the following year or upon conclusion of a case upon which he may be then engaged with the Committee, whichever shall lost occur, and shall be eligible for re-appointment,
(3) If the Secretary fails to make any appointmcat from the Senate panel as required under sub-sub-paragraph (a) of sub- paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 such vacancy may be filled by the Senate by appointing a person from the Senate or from amongst the teachers as defined in subsection (9) of section 12 of the Ordinance and Statute XI.
(4) Neither the Vice-Chancellor nor the Dean of Students shall be eligible for appointment to the Senate panel or as a member of the Committee under the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) or (3) of paragraph or sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph.
慎 ( The student panct shall consist of twenty students appointed in a defined order of precedence by the Council of the Students' Union of the University.
(2) Each member of the student panel shall be appointed for a term of one year beginning on lat July and terminating on 30th June in the following year or upon conclusion of a case upon which he may then be engaged with the Committee, whichever shell last occur, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3) For the purposes of appointment to the student panel and proceedings before the Committee "Student" shall not include
a teacher or a full time employee of the University.
(4) The President of the Students' Union shall submit to the Secretary before 1st June of each year the names and order of precedence of the duly appointed members of the student panel.
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The Secretary shall before 1st July of each year publish a list of the members of the Committce showing their order of precedence within their respective panels.
6. The Chairman of the Committee shall be the member of the Committee who is highest in the order or precedence of those Senate members and teachers appointed to and present at the Committee; except that where the Secretary has failed to make any appointment from the Senate panet under sub-sub-paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 and the Senate has failed to make any appointment under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3. the Chancellor shall appoint the Chairman.
7. (1) The Secretary to the Council shall be the Secretary
but not a member of the Committee.
(7) The Secretary to the Council may exercise his functions
as the Secretary of the Committee by deputy.
E. At every meeting of the Committee involving consideration
of a disciplinary matter there shall be present a solicitor appointed by the University who shall act as legal adviser to but not as a member of the Committee.
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5.
(1) Three members of the Committee shall form a quorum, If at any time during the hearing of a case involving a disciplinary maller there are less than thres members of the Committee preacht then the proceedings in that case shall stand adjourned.
(2) Any member of the Committee who is absent for any part of the hearing of a case involving a disciplinary mauer shall cease to be a member of the Committee for the purposes of that case.
10. (1) If at any time before the hearing of a case involving a disciplinary matter it is decided by the Committee that a member of the Committee has a direct personal interest in the case, such member shall withdraw his acceptance of appointment to the Comumittee by notifying the Secretary who shall appoint a new member to the Committes in accordance with the provisions of sub- paragraph (1) of paragraph 2.
(2) If at any time during the proceedings in respect of any case involving a disciplinary matter it is decided by the Comumiller that a member of the Committee has a direct personal interest in the case, auch member shall withdraw from the proceedings and shall cease to be a member of the Committee for the purposes of that case and shall not be a party to any decision subsequently made in respect of it.
(3) If at any time it appears to a member of the Commitles that he has a direct personal interest in a case about to be brought before the Committee or being heard before the Committer. such member shall declare his interest to the Committee who shall decide whether or not such member shall withdraw under sub-paragraph (1) or (2)
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph 11-
a decision as to the withdrawal of a member under chis paragraph shall be made by a majority of the members of the Committee who are present and voting other than the member whose personal interest in the case is in question; and
(b) in the event of an equality of vores the decision of the Committee shall be deemed to be that the member shall withdraw,
(5) The withdrawal of a member shall not be ordered under this paragraph unless the Committee decides, after hearing such evidence as it thinks fit, that there is a real likelihood of bias.
(6) Where the withdrawal of a member has been ordered under this paragraph, the Committee shall forthwith determine whether it shall continue the current proceedings without that member or abandon thic same and order a new hearing by the Committee in which the member so withdrawn shall not be a member.
11. Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting at a duly constituted mecting In the event of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to his origina] vole except in the case of verdict of guilty or not guilty, Where an equality of votes occurs in relation to any such verdict upon a student a verdict of not guilty shall be recorded.
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