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University of Hong Kong

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STATUTE XV

THE COURT

1.

The Court shall consist of-

(a) the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors and the Treasurer; (G.N.A. 59 of 1960; L.N. 69 of 1968; L.N. 159 of 1970)

(b) life members;

(c) the following members ex officio:

the members of the Council,

the members of the Senate,

the Registrar,

the Deputy Chairman and Clerk of Convocation; (L.N. 15 of 1973)

(d) the following elected members:

(e)

(i) 5 persons elected by the Members of the Legislative Council, other than Official Members, from among their own number, (67 of 1987 s. 2)

(ii) 12 members elected from among its number by the Standing Committee of Convocation; provided that no member of that committee who is a member of the Court by virtue of any other paragraph of this Statute shall be eligible for election, (L.N. 44 of 1985)

(iii) 5 members elected by the Court,

(iv) 3 members elected by the Grant Schools Council, (L.N.82 of 1979)

(v) 3 members elected by the Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council; and (L.N. 56 of 1986)

not more than 20 members, not being already included in any of the foregoing classes, appointed by the Chancellor.

2. Vacancies shall be filled as they occur or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

3.

Any member of the Court except an ex officio member may resign by written notice addressed to the secretary to the Court. (L.N. 58 of 1976)

4.

The ex officio members shall continue members so long only as they hold the office in virtue of which they became members of the Court.

5. The elected members shall hold office for 3 years at a time and shall be eligible for re-election.

6. The appointed members shall hold office for 3 years at a time and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

7.

The Secretary shall be the secretary to the Court. (L.N. 58 of 1976)

8. If any appointed or elected member leaves Hong Kong and either remains absent for 3 months or more or gives notice of his intended absence for 3 months or more the appointing or electing person or body may appoint or elect, as the case may require, 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 Hong Kong, or on the expiry of the absent member's term of office, whichever first happens. (L.N. 32 of 1987)

9.

A member elected by the Standing Committee of Convocation shall be deemed-

(a) to have resigned from the Court if he ceases to be a member of that committee; (b) to have resigned from his membership of the Court in that capacity if he becomes a member of the Court in another capacity. (L.N. 44 of 1985)