3. The Preliminary and Final Examinations shall be written and may also be partly oral. 4. The following shall be the subjects for the Preliminary and Final Examinations respectively : FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. (i) Jurisprudence One paper. (ii) Elements of Roman Law and the Principles of Legisla tion (iii) Hindu Law FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION. (i) Mahomedan Law and (ii) The Law relating to Persons One paper. One paper. (iii) The Law relating to Property including (a) the Law of Land Tenures, Land Prescription.. Revenue and (b) the Law of Transfer inter vivos (iv) The Principles of Equity, including the Law of Trusts. v) The Law of Contracts and Torts Civil Procedure One paper. One paper. principles of One paper. (vii) The Law of Crimes and the general principles of CrimiOne paper. nal Procedure 5. The limits of each subject mentioned in the preceding Regulation shall be indicated by the Syndicate from time to time by reference to text-books, and legislative Acts and Statutes where necessary. The Syndicate shall also prescribe, in connection with each subject (other than subjects (i) and (ii) for the Preliminary Examination) a list of leading cases to be studied in original judgments as expositions of important legal principles. Every College affiliated in Law shall make suitable provision for a law library so as to enable its students to have access to the Reports or other books in which the selected cases may be found. 6. A Preliminary Examination and a Final Examination in Law shall be held six-monthly in Calcutta, and in such other places as the Syndicate may from time to time determine, and shall commence at such times as the Syndicate may fix, the approximate dates to be notified in the Calendar. 7. Any Bachelor of Arts or Science who has, after passing his Degree examination, prosecuted a regular course of study as explained in paragraph 2, so far as the subjects for the Preliminary Examination in Law are concerned, may be admitted to that examination if he sends to the Registrar his application with a fee of Rs. 15 and with a certificate in the Form prescribed by the Syndicate at least thirty days before the date fixed for the commencement of the examination. A candidate, who fails to pass or present himself for examination, shall not be entitled to obtain a refund of the fee; but he may be admitted to one or more subsequent examinations on payment of a like fee of fifteen rupees. 8. As soon as possible after the Preliminary Examination the Syndicate shall publish a list of the names of the successful candidates arranged in two divisions, each in alphabetical order. 9. A student may, during the first year of his Law study, prosecute a regular course of study as explained in paragraph 2, in the subjects for the Final Examination, notwithstanding that he has not already passed the Preliminary Examination. And no student shall be debarred from prosecuting such regular course of study in the subjects for the Final Examination in the second year of his Law study, by reason of his failing to pass or present himself for the Preliminary Examination at the end of the first year. But no one who is not a Master of Arts or Science shall be admitted to the Final Examination until a year after his passing the Preliminary Examination. 10. Any Bachelor of Arts or Science who has after passing prosecuted a regular course of study as explained in Regulation 2, for two years, and has passed the Preliminary Examination, may be admitted to the Final Examination in Law, if he sends his application with a fee of thirty rupees and with certificates in the form prescribed by the Syndicate to the Registrar at least thirty days before the date fixed for the commencement of the examination. And any one who has prosecuted a regular course of study as above mentioned, and who as a Master of Arts or Science is entitled under the exception in paragraph 9 to present himself for the Preliminary and Final Examinations in the same year, may be admitted at the same time to the two examinations if he sends his applications with the prescribed fees and with certificates in the prescribed forms to the Registrar at least thirty days before the date fixed for the commencement of the earlier of the two examinations. A candidate under either of the preceding paragraphs who fails to pass or present himself for examination shall not be entitled to obtain a refund of the fee; but he may be admitted to one or more subsequent examinations on payment of the prescribed fee. 11 As soon as possible after the Final Examination the Syndicate shall publish a list of the names of the successful candidates arranged in two divisions, each in order of merit. The first student of the first divsion shall be entitled to a Gold Medal and a prize of books to the value of Rs. 200. 12. If a candidate who is admitted to the Preliminary and Final Examinations at the same time, succeeds in the former and fails in the latter, he shall be declared to have passed the Preliminary Examination, and he may be admitted to any subsequent Final Examination on payment of the prescribed fee. But if he succeeds in the Final Examination and fails in the Preliminary Examination, he shall be deemed to have failed in both, and he may be subsequently admitted to the two examinations at the same time on payment of the prescribed fees. 13. For the Preliminary Examination, three papers shall be set, each of three hours and carrying 100 marks. For the Final Examination, eight papers shall be set, each of three hours and carrying 100 marks. 14. In the third paper for the Preliminary Examination, and in every paper for the Final Examination, 40 marks shall be allotted to questions framed with a view to test the ability of candidates to apply the more important legal principles to concrete cases. Full credit shall be given for well reasoned answers to such questions, even if the conclusions happen to differ from the views taken in decided cases. No credit shall be given for bare answers unsupported by arguments. 15. In order to pass the Preliminary Examination, a candidate must obtain— In each paper In the aggregate 30 marks 150 marks. 200 marks. In order to be placed in the first division a candidate must obtain 16. In order to pass the Final Examination, a candidate must obtain In each paper And in the aggregate 30 marks. 400 marks. 17. In order to be placed in the first division, a candidate must obtain 534 marks. Any candidate who has failed in one paper only at either examination, and by not more than 5 marks, and has shown merit by gaining 60 per cent. or more in the aggregate of the marks of the examination, shall be allowed to pass. In order to determine the division in which such a candidate shall be placed, and his place in the division, the number of marks by which he has failed in one paper shall be deducted from his aggregate. If the Examiners are of opinion that in the case of any candidate at either examination not covered by the preceding Regulation, consideration ought to be allowed by reason of his high proficiency in a particular subject or in the aggregate, they shall report the case to the Syndicate, and the Syndicate may pass such candidate. 18. Each successful candidate at the Preliminary Examination shall receive a certificate in the form entered in Appendix A. Each successful candidate at the Final Examination shall receive with his degree of B.L. a diploma in the form entered in Appendix A, setting forth the division in which he was placed. CHAPTER XLII. MASTER OF LAW. 1. An examination for the Degree of Master of Law shall be held annually in Calcutta, commencing at such time as the Syndicate shall determine, the approximate date to be notified in the Calendar. 2. Any candidate who has obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Law may be examined for the Degree of Master of Law. 3. Every candidate shall send his application with a fee of one hundred rupees to the Registrar at east three months before the date fixed for the commencement of the examination. A candidate who fails to pass or present himself for examination shall not be entitled to claim a refund of the fee. 4. Every candidate shall be examined in the following subjects: (1) Hindu Law or Mahomedan Law. ,2) Jurisprudence and Principles of Legislation. (3) Principles and History of Roman Law. (4) Private International Law. (5) and 6) Any two of the following subjects, namely (i) Principles of Equity. (ii) The Law relating to the Transfer of Immovable Property and the Law of Prescription. (iii) The Law relating to Wills. (iv) The Law of Contracts and Torts. (v) Principles and History of the Law of Real and Personal Property. (vi) Principles and History of the Law of Evidence. (vii) History of English Law. 5. Six papers shall be set to each candidate, one on each of the six subjects. Each paper shall be of three hours and shall carry 100 marks. There shall be a viva voce examination of each candidate, if the Examiners think fit. 6. As soon as possible after the examination, the Syndicate shall publish a list of the candidates who have passed, arranged in two classes, each in order of merit. Candidates shall be bracketed together, unless the Examiners are of opinion that there is clearly a difference in their merits. 7. Each successful candidate shall receive with his Degree of M.L. a diploma in the form entered in Appendix A, setting forth the class in which he was placed. The candidate who is placed first in the first class shall receive a Gold Medal and a prize of books to the value of Rs. 200. 8. In order to pass the examination for the Degree of Master of Law, a candidate must obtain— In each paper 50 marks. In order to be placed in the first class, a candidate must further obtain In the aggregate 400 marks. 9. The Examiners shall have regard to the style and method of the answers submitted by the candidates, and shall give credit for excellence in these respects. CHAPTER XLIII. DOCTOR OF LAW. 1. Any Master of Law of the University of Calcutta may offer himself as a candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Law, provided one year has elapsed from the time when he passed the examination for the Degree of Master. 2. Every candidate shall state in his application the special subject within the purview of the Regulations for the Degree of Master of Law, upon a knowledge of which he rests his qualification for the Doctorate, and shall, with the application, transmit three copies, printed or typewritten, of a thesis that he |