Calendar 2000–01

STATUTE 17 The Departments 1. Each Department shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor and all the teachers assigned to the Department. 2. The Chairman of each Department shall be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Senate for such period as may be determined by the Council. 3. (1) A Board shall be established for each Department and shall consist of — ( a ) the Vice-Chancellor; ( aa ) the Dean of any Faculty to which the Department is affiliated; ( b ) the Chairman of the Department, who shall be Chairman of the Board; and ( c ) all of the teachers assigned to the Department. (2) On the approval of the Senate, teachers of other Departments who contribute substantially to the teaching of students pursuing courses of study within the purview of a Department and are nominated by the Board of the Department become members of the Board. (3) At the discretion of the Board of the Department, the Board may nominate such students as the Board deems fit as student members for such period as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine, provided that such student members shall not be entitled to participate in that part of meetings considering reserved areas of business or have access to or read papers or any other documents relating thereto. For the purpose of this Statute, reserved areas of business are the same as those referred to in paragraph 5A( b ) of Statute 14. The Chairman of the Board may decide in any case of doubt whether or not a matter falls within one of the reserved areas of business referred to above and his decisions shall be final. 4. It is the duty of the Board of a Department to advise the Senate on the courses of study within the purview of the Department, on the appointment of internal and external examiners and on other matters that the Senate may request. 5. A Department shall perform such other functions and duties as may be determined from time to time by the Council on the recommendation of the Senate. STATUTE 18 The Convocation 1. There shall be a Convocation of the University which shall consist of all persons whose names appear on the Convocation roll. 2. All persons who are graduates of the University shall be entitled to have their names entered on the Convocation roll: Provided that persons on whom a degree honoris causa has been conferred shall not solely by reason thereof be members of Convocation, but may be