V. Bye-latos THE SENATE. 1. The Senate shall meet ordinarily once a year, on the Fifth Saturday in the First Term in Arts, and at other times when convened by the Vice-Chancellor, or, in his absence from the Presidency, by the Syndicate. 2. A meeting of the Senate shall be convened on the requisition of any six of the Members. 3. Fourteen days before the day fixed for a meeting of the Senate, the Registrar shall forward to each member of the Senate a statement of the motions to be brought forward. Notice of proposed amendments must be forwarded so as to reach the Registrar four clear days before the day of meeting. The Registrar shall three clear days before the day of meeting forward to each member of the Senate a statement of all the motions and amendments; and no motion or amendment other than a motion for adjournment or for directing the Syndicate to review their decision, or an amendment which shall be accepted by the Chair. man as merely formal, of which such notice has not been given, shall be put to the Meeting. N.B. Six Members of the Senate constitute a quorum; and all questions are decided by a majority of the votes of the Members present, the Chairman, when the numbers are equal, having a second or casting vote (Act XXII. of 1857, Section IX). THE FACULTIES. 4. There shall be four Faculties, namely, Arts, Law, Medicine, and Civil Engineering. Every Member of the Senate shall be a Member of one Faculty at least, and any Member of the Senate may be a Member of more than one Faculty. 5. The Faculties shall be appointed by the Senate at its Annual Meeting. 6. Each Faculty shall elect its own Dean. Every Meeting of a Faculty shall be convened by its Dean, or, in his absence, by the Senior* Fellow belonging to that Faculty. The ex-officio Fellows of the University are always the Senior Fellows in order of official precedence. The seniority of the other Fellows, mentioned in the Act of Incorporation, is accord A meeting of any Faculty shall also be convened by the Dean on the requisition of any three of its Members. 7. Whenever the office of Dean in any one of the Faculties may have remained vacant for one calendar month, the Vice-Chancellor shall appoint a Dean from the Members of such Faculty. 8. Three Members of any Faculty shall constitute a quorum of that Faculty. THE SYNDICATE. 9. The Executive Government of the University shall be vested in a Syndicate, consisting of the Vice-Chancellor and nine of the Fellows, who shall be elected for one year by the several Faculties in the following proportions: Four by the Faculty of Arts, one of whom shall be elected separately to represent the Physical and Experimental Sciences. Two by the Faculty of Law. Medicine. 10. It will be the duty of the Syndicate to appoint, and if necessary, to remove the Examiners and all other Officers of the University, except the Registrar; to order Examinations in conformity with the Regulations and declare the results as they bear on Degrees, Honours, and Rewards; to keep the accounts of the University, and to correspond on the business of the University with the Government and all other authorities and persons; and the Syndicate will, from time to time, frame such Bye-laws and Regulations as may be necessary, subject to the approval of the Senate. 11. The elections of Syndics shall take place within one month before the Annual Meeting of the Senate, and the names of the persons so elected shall be declared at that Meeting. 12. The Syndicate shall meet ordinarily once a month, and at other times when convened by the Vice-Chancellor. 13. On the temporary absence of a Syndic, the Faculty which he represents may elect one of its Members to officiate during such absence. ing to the order in which their names appear there. The senior ity of all other Fellows is according to the date and order of their appointment. 14. By a temporary absence shall be understood an absence of not more than three months from the Town of Bombay. Any Syndic who is absent from Bombay for a period of more than three months, or who leaves the Presidency of Bombay without giving notice to the Registrar of his intention to return within three months, shall be held to have permanently vacated his office. 15. On a permanent vacancy in the Syndicate, the Faculty represented by the late Syndic shall proceed to elect another for the remainder of the current year. 16. In the event of any Faculty omitting to elect a Syndic under the preceding Bye-law within one calendar month from the date of the vacancy, the Vice-Chancellor shall appoint one from among the Members of that Faculty. 17. Four Syndics shall constitute a quorum, and all questions shall be decided by a majority. 18. The Vice-Chancellor, or, in his absence, the Senior Fellow present, shall preside at all Meetings of the Syndicate, and if the votes, including that of the President, are equally divided, the President shall have a casting vote. 19. During the year, between the Annual Meetings of the Senate, the Syndicate may appoint any Member of the Senate to any one or more of the Faculties. 20. Each Faculty shall report on any subject that may be referred to it by the Syndicate. 21. Any Faculty, or any Member of the Senate, may make any recommendation to the Syndicate, and may propose any bye-law or regulation for the consideration of the Syndicate. 22. The decision of the Syndicate on any such recommendation may be brought before the Senate by any Member of the Senate at one of its Meetings, and the Senate may approve, revise, or modify any such decision, or may direct the Syndicate to review it. 23. No question shall be decided by the Senate that has not, in the first instance, been considered and decided by the Syndicate. THE REGISTRAR. 24. The Registrar shall be appointed by the election of the Senate. The election shall be by means of ballot, and shall take place at the Annual Meeting of the Senate. The B 595-5 BU Registrar's term of office shall commence on the First day of January next following after such Annual Meeting of the Senate, and shall continue for two years only; but the Registrar may be re-elected. If a vacancy should occur in the office of Registrar between two Annual Meetings of the Senate, the Syndicate shall appoint a person to officiate as Registrar until the next First day of January. 25. The Registrar shall be the Custodian of the Records, Library, Common Seal, and such other property of the University as the Syndicate shall commit to his charge. 26. All Meetings of the Senate, the Syndicate and the Faculties shall be convened through the Registrar, who shall keep a record of the proceedings of such Meetings. 27. Leave of absence may be granted to the Registrar by the Syndicate for a period not exceeding three months. During the absence of the Registrar on leave, an Acting Registrar may be appointed by the Syndicate; but if the Registrar shall be absent for a period of more than three months, his appointment shall become vacant. BOARD OF ACCOUNTS. 28. A Board of Accounts, consisting of three Fellows of the University not being Members of the Syndicate, shall be appointed by the Senate at its Annual Meeting. The Vice-Chancellor and Registrar shall be ex-officio Chairman and Secretary of the Board. 29. The Board shall meet ordinarily once every three months, and at other times when convened by the ViceChancellor. 30. The Board shall examine and audit the University Accounts; prepare the University Budget, and the account of Endowments and Trust Funds; consider ways and means; and make recommendations where necessary to the Syndicate. 31. Members of the Board shall hold office for one year from the 1st of January next after the Annual Meeting at which they were appointed. They shall be eligible for re-appointment at the expiration of their office. All vacancies in the Board occurring between two Annual Meetings of the Senate shall be temporarily filled up by persons appointed by the Syndicate. ELECTIONS. 32. No Candidate shall be put in nomination at any Faculty or Senate meeting for the office of Dean of a Faculty, Member of the Syndicate, Member of the Board of Accounts, or University Registrar, unless a proposition for his nomination in writing, signed by the intending proposer and seconder, shall have been handed in to the University office, in the case of the University Registrar at least ten days, and in all other cases at least four days previously. And the University Registrar shall, on the day subsequent to the expiry of the period during which notice can be given, forward to every Member of the Senate or Faculty, as the case may be, a list of the proposed nominations. UNIVERSITY TERMS. 33. The University year for the Faculties of Arts, Civil Engineering, and Medicine shall be divided into two terms. In the Faculties of Arts and Civil Engineering, the First Term shall commence on the Third Monday in November and shall end on the Third Monday in April. In the Faculty of Medicine the First Term shall commence on the First of November and shall end on the Thirtieth of April. In the Faculties of Arts and Civil Engineering, the Second Term shall commence on the Second Monday in June and shall end on the Third Monday in September. In the Faculty of Medicine, the Second Term shall commence on the Fifteenth of June and end on the Fifteenth of September. 34. Terms can only be kept by matriculated students who shall attend for a prescribed number of days at one or more of the Colleges or Institutions recognized by the University. 35. The following shall be the number of days' attendance necessary for keeping terms:-For the First Term eighty days; and for the Second Term in the Faculties of Arts and Civil Engineering sixty days, and for the Second Term in that of Medicine seventy days. But if an Undergraduate shall, after his matriculation, attend sixty days during that same term in which he has matriculated, he shall be held to have kept that term. 36. The Principals and Heads of Colleges and Institutions will be requested to register the daily attendance of matriculated students, with a view to being able to certify their having kept term. 37. Days during which Undergraduates or Graduates |