27. Section 48 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefore, of the following subsection :
| | (1) Each Faculty of a University shall consist of the Departments of Study assigned to that Faculty under the provisions of this Act. | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (1), of the following new subsection which shall have effect as subsection (1A), of that section : -
| | "(1A) Each Faculty of a University shall have a Faculty Board which shall consist of the following persons :
| | | (a) the Dean of that Faculty; |
| (b) all permanent Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers and Lecturers of the Departments of Study comprising the Faculty; |
| (c) two members elected by the permanent Assistant Lecturers of the Faculty from among their number; |
| (d) two members of the permanent staff imparting instructions in the Faculty, excluding those referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) elected from among their number ; |
| (e) two students elected by the students of the Faculty from among their number; and |
| (f) three persons not being members of the staff of the University elected by the Faculty Board from among persons of eminence in the areas of study relevant to the Faculty."; |
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| (3) by the substitution, in subsection (3) of that section, for the words, "provisions of this Act, a Faculty shall", of the words" provisions of this Act, a Faculty Board shall" ; and |
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| (4) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :
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| | | (i) The Dean shall preside at all meetings of the Faculty Board; |
| (ii) The members elected under paragraph (e) of subsection (1A)shall be excluded from the proceedings of any meeting of the Faculty Board relating to the election of the Dean under section 49 of this Act, and to examinations and connected matters and any such mooting shall, notwithstanding such exclusion, be deemed to have been duly held.". |
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