University Of Ceylon Act (No. 1 of 1972)

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University Of Ceylon Act (No. 1 of 1972) - Sect 12

Powers and duties of the Board of Governors

12.

(1) The Board of Governors shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and of any appropriate Instrument, exercise, discharge and perform the following powers, functions and duties-

	(a) to inquire into the financial needs of the University, its Campuses and Faculties, and to make recommendations from time to time to the Minister as to the nature and amount of grants out of public funds which it is desirable or necessary to make;

	(b) to prepare, from time to time, in consultation with the Campus Boards, triennial budgets for the maintenance and development of the University, its Campuses and Faculties, or for any other general or special purpose;

(c) to allocate and disburse out of the funds of the University grants to Campuses and Faculties, for their maintenance and development or for any other general or specified purpose, so, however, that in making any grant to a Faculty, the Board shall give due consideration to the development of the Faculty concerned, its financial needs, the standards attained by such Faculty and the national purposes which it may serve;

	(d) to establish an agency called the Central Agency for Admissions which shall regulate and coordinate admissions to any Faculty established under this Act;

	(e) to establish an examinations agency for the conduct of external examinations;

	(f) to initiate and promote, in consultation with each of the Campuses, Faculties and other bodies, plans for such balanced University development, including specialization in certain curricular areas, as may be required to make the University fully adequate to national needs;

	(g) to recommend to any Campus or Faculty the measures considered necessary for its improvement and advise upon action to be taken for the purpose of implementing such recommendations;

	(h) to advise the Minister, or any Campus or Faculty on any matter which may be referred to the Board by the Minister or by any Campus or Faculty, as the case may be, or even in the absence of such a reference;

	(i) to collect information on all such matters relating to University education in Ceylon and other countries as the Board thinks fit and make the same available to the Faculties and others interested;

	(j) to require a Campus or a Faculty to furnish the Board with such information as the Board may consider necessary;

	(k) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by regulation or as may be deemed necessary by the Board for the advancement or the cause of University education and research in Ceylon or as may be incidental or conducive to the discharge of such functions;

	(l) to make provision for enabling Campuses or Faculties to conduct courses or parts of courses in educational institutions outside the Campus premises and to make rules therefor;

	(m) to grant degrees, diplomas and certificates to persons approved by the Senate;

	(n) to determine the grant of leave to any member of the staff;

	(o) to determine the organization of Campuses. Faculties, Institutes, Schools and Departments of Study;

	(p) to determine the abolition, modification or revision of the organization of existing Campuses, Faculties, Institutes, Schools and Departments;

	(q) to determine rules and conditions for the award of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals and other prizes, and to make such awards on the recommendation of the Senate;

	(r) to provide for the establishment of a Central Internal Auditing System for the University;

	(s) to hold, control and administer the property and funds of the University;

	(t) to select a coat of arms for the University and to determine the form, provide for the custody, and direct the use of the common seal of the University;

	(u) to regulate and determine all matters concerning the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any appropriate Instrument;

	(v) to furnish all information required by the Minister, and to provide facilities for inspection by any person or persons appointed by the Board for the purpose, of any Faculty, School, Institute or Department;

	(w) to make recommendations to the Minister regarding the courses and curricula of approved institutions;

	(x) to make rules for the conduct of elections for the selection of members to the various Authorities or bodies where no provision is otherwise made by this Act;

	(y) to administer any funds placed at the disposal of the University for specific purposes;

	(z) to receive and accept, and to report to the Minister, bequests, donations and grants of property to the University;

	(aa) to consider the annual report, annual accounts and financial estimates of the University and to submit such report, accounts and estimates to the Minister;

	(ab) to make statutes or ordinances for any matter required by this Act to be prescribed by any such statute or ordinance or in respect of which any such statute or ordinance is required or authorized to be made;

	(ac) to make such rules as are not authorized to be made by any other Authority;

	(ad) to provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus, and other material necessary for carrying on the functions of the University;

	(ae) to establish a Planning and Research Unit for the purpose of study and advising the Board of Governors on all aspects of Higher Education and its development;

	(af) to advise the Campuses, Faculties, Institutes, Schools and Departments on matters relating to the discipline of students of the University, and the promotion of their general health and welfare;

	(ag) to determine, by ordinance or otherwise, the rules of financial, administrative and disciplinary procedures, and to take steps to publish a " University Gazette " at regular intervals during the academic year;

	(ah) to approve of any proposal by the Vice-Chancellor to enter into, carry out or cancel contracts on behalf of the University;

(ai) to invest any moneys belonging to the University, including any unapplied income, in any security in which, under the provisions of section 20 of the Trusts Ordinance or of any other written law, it is lawful to invest trust moneys, or with the approval of the Minister to invest any such moneys in the purchase of immovable property in Ceylon or vary such investments, or to place on fixed deposit in any bank approved by the Minister, any portion of such moneys not required for immediate expenditure;

	(aj) to determine by ordinance, after consultation with the Senate, the dates for the commencement and the termination of the academic year;

	(ak) to take such steps as may be necessary for the conduct of examinations for degrees, diplomas and certificates;

	(al) to determine, after consultation with the Senate, the academic dress or insignia or both of the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, officers, graduates, diploma holders and students of the University;

(am) after consideration of the recommendations of the relevant Campuses or Faculties, to determine-

(i) the institution, abolition or suspension of Professorships, Associate Professorships, Lecturer ships, and other teaching posts, and

(ii) the qualifications and emoluments of teachers, officers and other employees;

	(an) to appoint teachers and officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for, and, subject to an appeal to the Planning and Grants Committee, to dismiss a teacher or officer on the ground of incapacity or conduct which, in the opinion of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Board, renders him unfit to be a teacher or officer of the University;

	(ao) to appoint and, subject to an appeal therefrom to the Planning and Grants Committee, to suspend or otherwise punish persons in the employ of the University including teachers and officers or to dismiss persons in the employ of the University, other than teachers and officers;

	(ap) to take necessary steps to enforce the language policy of the Government in both academic and administrative spheres;

	(aq) to assist in the execution of schemes for the grant of loans to students and to frame appropriate rules for the purpose;

	(ar) to provide for persons of academic or administrative ability in the public service or quasi-Government institutions, the facility to serve in the University for specified periods of time, and to make available to the public service or quasi-Government institutions the services of persons of academic and administrative ability in the University for specified periods of time;

	(as) to obtain the advice of persons whose advice may be sought in carrying out the provisions of this Act;

	(at) to exercise all other powers of the University, the exercise of which is not otherwise provided for by this Act or by appropriate Instrument :

(2) The Board of Governors may request any Professor, Associate Professor or other teacher, or any officer or employee of the University to furnish the Board with such information as it may require in regard to his official duties and functions; and it shall be the duty of such Professor, Associate Professor or other teacher or officer or employee so requested, to comply with such request, and to furnish such information.

(3) The Board of Governors may, without prejudice to its powers of revocation, delegate to a Campus Board, Faculty Council, President of a Campus or Dean of a Faculty any of its powers, functions and duties under sub-section (1) where it is considered expedient to do so.

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