to the correctness thereof. The Minutes and the exceptions taken, if any, shall be laid before the next meeting of the Senate, and the Minutes in their final form shall then be confirmed. Once every twelve months, or at such other intervals as the Senate shall direct, the Syndicate shall cause the Minutes of the meetings of the Senate to be printed, and a copy thereof to be forwarded to each Fellow.

GENERAL.

69. In any case not provided for by these Regulations, the Chairman shall give a ruling as to procedure on the principles already laid down.

70. Representatives of the Press and visitors may be admitted to meetings of the Senate, provided they have obtained the permission of the Registrar.

CHAPTER II.

VACANCIES ON THE SENATE.

1. In the first week of December 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, on such dates as may be determined by the Vice-Chancellor, or the Senior Ordinary Fellow, as the case may be, a ballot shall be taken at the Senate House, with a view to determine who among the three classes of Ordinary Fellows mentioned in section 12, clause (7) of the Indian Universities Act, Act VIII of 1904, should retire. The ballot shall be taken by secs. 12 (1) and (m). the Registrar in the presence of the ViceChancellor or the Senior Ordinary Fellow, as the case may be. Every Ordinary Fellow shall be duly informed of the date and hour, and may, if he so desires, be present at the ballot. The Registrar shall forthwith intimate to the Chancellor the names of the retiring Fellows so determined.

The transaction of University business which is neither formal nor urgent shall, as far as practicable, be avoided, till the vacancies thus caused are filled up, or intimation is received that they will not be filled up.

2. A register shall be kept by the Registrar of the date of appointment of every Ordinary Fellow, and of the date when he will cease to be a Fellow, under section 4, clause (2), or section 12, clause (n) of the Indian Universities Act. Not less than six weeks before the date of every approaching vacancy in a Fellowship, the Registrar shall intimate the fact to the Chancellor.

3. A register shall be kept of the attendance of every OrdinaryFellow at meetings of the Senate; and whenever it is ascertained:

that an Ordinary Fellow has not attended any meeting of the Senate, other than a Convocation, during the period of one year, the Registrar shall intimate the fact to the Chancellor, with a view to enable him to take action, if he thinks fit, under section 11, sub-section 2 of the Indian Universities Act.

4. Except as otherwise provided, whenever the Registrar receives information that a vacancy has occurred on the Senate by reason of the retirement of a Fellow under section 3, Act II of 1857, or by death or resignation, or from any other cause, he shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Chancellor.

5. Whenever an Ordinary Fellow ceases to be such from any cause whatever, he shall vacate any University office or appointment held by him in his character as an Ordinary Fellow; and if he is re-elected or re-appointed a Fellow, he shall not again hold such office or appointment unless he is duly appointed there

to.

The same principle shall apply to added Members of Faculties.

1.

CHAPTER III.

THE FACULTIES.

There shall be five Faculties, namely: (1) Arts, (2) Science, (3) Law, (4) Medicine, and (5) Engineering.

A member of the Senate may belong to one or to two of the Faculties, but not to more than two, and need not necessarily belong to any.

2. Appointments to the Faculties shall be made by the Senate at the Annual Meeting. The Syndicate shall, in the first instance, draw up a list of Fellows whom they recommend for appointment to the various Faculties. They shall ordinarily recommend a Fellow for appointment to one Faculty only, but may recommend a Fellow for appointment to two Faculties: Provided that in the latter case Fellows so recommended shall at no time exceed twenty. This list shall be circulated among the members of the Senate by the Registrar not less than twelve clear days before the meeting. Any member of the Senate may then propose additional names for any of the Faculties, which must be sent to the Registrar four clear days before the meeting. These names, together with the original list, shall be circulated among the members of the Senate two clear days before the meeting and no additional names shall be received. The entire list shall be voted on, Faculty by Faculty and every member shall be declared to be appointed who obtains votes from a majority

of the members of the Senate voting for the Faculty under appointment. If any Fellow be appointed to more than two, he must, on receiving intimation, declare to which Faculties he accepts appointment.

3. Between the dates of the Annual Meetings of the Senate the Syndicate shall have power to distribute any newly appointed Fellows to their appropriate Faculties.

4. Each Faculty shall elect its Dean annually from its own number as soon as its members have been appointed.

If any Faculty omits to elect a Dean within one month of the Annual Meeting of the Senate, or if, in the event of the office of Dean being vacated, it fails to elect a new Dean within one month of the occurrence of the vacancy, the Vice-Chancellor may appoint a Dean. The Dean shall always be one of the Fellows belonging to the Faculty.

5. Each Faculty shall have the power to add to its own body a number of Graduates in that Faculty and other persons possessing special knowledge of the subjects of study represented by that Faculty, provided the number of members thus added shall not exceed half the number of Fellows appointed to that Faculty at the Annual Meeting of the Senate and shall in no case exceed A person may belong to more than one Faculty as added

Act VIII of 1904, sec. 14 (2) (b).

ten.

member.

Such added members shall be elected annually at a special meeting of the Faculty called for the purpose, and the election shall take place in the following manner :—

(a) The Dean shall as soon as possible after the Annual Meeting of the Senate convene a special meeting for the election of added members.

(b) Each Fellow on the Faculty will on receipt of the notice of the meeting be entitled to propose the name of one person for appointment as an added member of the Faculty. Such proposal must be accompanied by a brief written statement of the special qualifications of his nominee, and must reach the Registrar seven clear days before the meeting.

(c) The Registrar shall cause a list of the nominees and the statements concerning them to be printed and forwarded to the Fellows concerned, four clear days before the meeting.

(d) The voting shall be by ballot, and each Fellow on the Faculty shall be entitled to give one vote and one vote only for a candidate, but no Fellow shall have more votes than there are appointments to be filled. If the number of nominees does not exceed the limit

prescribed by Regulation 5, any candidate receiving the votes of a majority of the Fellows on the Faculty shall be held to be duly elected. If the number of

nominees exceeds the above limit, those candidates shall be held to be duly elected who have obtained the highest number of votes for the number of appointments admissible, provided that, as before, each such candidate shall have secured the votes of a majority of the Fellows on the Faculty.

7. All members shall hold office till the next annual appointment of the Faculty by the Senate.

8. Added members shall have the right to take part in the ordinary business of the Faculty, and in any election of an Ordinary Fellow by the Faculty, but shall not

Act VIII of 1904, sec. 14 (3).

be entitled to take part in the election of the Syndicate.

9. Every meeting of a Faculty shall be convened by the Dean, or in his absence, or when the office of Dean is vacant, by the Senior Ordinary Fellow belonging to the Faculty present in Cal

cutta.

10. The Dean, or in his absence, or when the office of Dean is vacant, the Senior Ordinary Fellow belonging to the Faculty present in Calcutta, shall convene a meeting of the Faculty on the requisition of any three members.

11. Three clear days' notice shall be given of ordinary meetings of the Faculties. In the case of elections of members of the Syndicate, Fellows, added members, and Boards of Studies, fifteen clear days' notice shall be given.

12. The quorum for the Faculty of Arts shall be ten, and for any other Faculty three.

13. Two or more Faculties may be called upon by the Senate or the Syndicate to meet together for the disposal of any questions affecting more than one Faculty. In such cases the joint meeting shall elect its own Chairman.

14. The quorum of a joint Faculty meeting must include a full quorum of each Faculty represented, no member present being counted on more than one separate quorum.

15. It shall be the duty of a Facutly to cor sider and report on all matters referred to it by the Syndicate or the Senate, and a Faculty shall be at liberty to make recommendations to the Syndicate in all matters relating to the organization of University Examinations Teaching, and Research in the Studies or subjects with which it is concerned, and to propose Regulations relating to these matters for the consideration of the Syndicate.

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All elections shall be conducted in the same manner as those in the Senate, except as otherwise provided.

17. Within two weeks after a meeting of a Faculty, a draft of the Minutes of such meeting shall be submitted to the Chairman and attested by him. The Minutes shall then be printed and circulated to all members of the Faculty, and such of them as were present shall, within a fortnight of the issue of the Minutes, communicate to the Registrar any exceptions they may take to the correctness thereof. The Minutes and the exceptions taken, if any, shall be laid before the next meeting of the Faculty, and the Minutes in their final form shall then be confirmed. Once every twelve months, or at such other intervals as the Senate shall direct, the Syndicate shall cause the Minutes of the meetings of each Faculty to be printed and a copy thereof to be forwarded to each member of the Faculty concerned.

18. The rules for Debate laid down in the Senate Regulations shall apply to the Faculties as far as is practicable, but the Chairman may relax their operation at his discretion.

19. The Dean shall ordinarily preside at meetings of a Faculty, and in the absence of the Dean the members present shall elect a Chairman.

Act VIII of 1904, sec. 15 (2).

CHAPTER IV.

THE SYNDICATE.

1. The executive government of the University is vested in the Syndicate, which shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor of the University as Chairman, and the Director of Public Instruction to the Government of Bengal for the time being as ex-officio member, and 15 of the ex-officio or Ordinary Fellows of the University, who shall be elected for a period of one year, partly by the Senate and partly by the Faculties, as follows:

Four by the Senate.

Four by the Faculty of Arts.
Two by the Faculty of Science.
Two by the Faculty of Law.

Two by the Faculty of Medicine.
One by the Faculty of Engineering.

The Syndics elected by any Faculty must be Fellows belonging to that Faculty.

2. The election by the Faculties shall take place at special meetings not less than three weeks before the Annual Meeting of the Senate. Notice of such meetings shall be issued by the Registrar not less than fifteen clear days before the appointed date. Each Fellow on the Faculty will, on receipt of the notice,