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STATUTE VI

THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

1. The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Council after consultation with the Senate.

2. The Vice-Chancellor may resign by written notice addressed to the Council.

3. The Vice-Chancellor shall be a member of every committee of the Court, Council or Senate, and of every committee of the Board of any Faculty or the Board of Studies of any School but shall not be a member of the Disciplinary Committee. (L.N. 19 of 1971; L.N. 58 of 1976)

4. The Vice-Chancellor shall have power to appoint a person to act as an officer during a temporary vacancy in the office or in the temporary absence from duty or inability of the officer except where an alternative method of making such a temporary appointment during a temporary vacancy or temporary absence is prescribed by the Ordinance or by these statutes. The Vice-Chancellor shall also have power to appoint a person to act in any other official capacity as may be determined by the Council during a temporary vacancy in such official capacity or in the temporary absence from duty or inability of the holder of the official capacity. The person so appointed may exercise all or any of the powers, perform all or any of the duties, and have such of the privileges of the holder of the office or of the holder of the official capacity in which he is appointed to act as the Vice-Chancellor may determine. (L.N. 267 of 1988).

5. The Vice-Chancellor shall have such disciplinary powers in respect of students as may be conferred by these statutes and any regulations made thereunder. (L.N. 19 of 1971)

STATUTE VII

THE PRO-VICE-CHANCELLORS

1. The Pro-Vice-Chancellors shall be appointed by the Council from among the members of the Senate not being undergraduate student members. (L.N. 58 of 1976)

2. Subject to the Ordinance and Statutes and unless the Council shall otherwise prescribe, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor who is in Hong Kong and has presently served the longest continuous period in that office shall, in the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice-Chancellor or of the Vice-Chancellor's absence or inability to act as such, act as Vice-Chancellor.

3. A Pro-Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for such period as the Council shall determine. (L.N. 32 of 1981)

4. The Pro-Vice-Chancellors may resign by written notice addressed to the Council.

STATUTE VIII

(L.N. 159 of 1970)

THE TREASURER

1. The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Council for 3 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. The Council may appoint a person to act as Treasurer during a temporary vacancy in the office of Treasurer or in the temporary absence from duty or inability of the Treasurer. The person so appointed may exercise all or any of the powers, perform all or any of the duties, and have such of the privileges of the Treasurer as the Council may determine. (L.N. 267 of 1988)

2. The Treasurer may resign by written notice addressed to the Council.