Framing of Statutes

(1) The Board may, from time to time, make statutes and amend or repeal the statutes in the manner hereafter provided in this section; (2) The Academic Council may propose to the Board the draft of any statute or of any amendment to, or of repeal of a statutes to be passed by the Board and such draft shall be considered by the Board at its next meeting : Provided that the Academic Council shall not propose the draft of any statute or of any amendment to, or repeal of, a statute relating to the matters other than academic affairs. (3) The Board may consider the draft proposed by the Academic Council under sub-section (2) and may either pass or reject or return the draft with suggestions for amendment to the Academic Council. (4) (a) Any member of the Board may propose to the Board the draft of a statute and the Board may either accept or reject the draft, if it relates to a matter not falling with the purview of the Academic Council. (b) In case, such draft relates to a matter within the purview of the Academic Council, the Board shall refer into the Academic Council which may either report to the Board that it does not approve the draft or submit the draft to the Board in such form as the Academic Council may approve and the Board may either pass, with or without amendment, or reject the draft. (5) In the case of a statute proposed by the Board concerning the internal working of the University, the draft statute must be referred to the Vice-Chancellor for consideration in the University and sufficient time given to allow the University to review the proposed statute and to make any suggestions for changes or modifications therein before final action is taken by the Board. (6) A statute passed by the Board shall be submitted to the Chancellor who may assent there to or withhold his assent. A statute passed by the Board shall have no validity until it has been assented to by the Chancellor.