Section 48 — UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES ACT 1971

(1A)

The Board may make Regulations for the conduct of elections to the

Students’ Representative Council and for all matters related to it.

(2)

The Union shall elect a Students’ Representative Council (hereinafter in this

Constitution referred to as “the SRC”) in the following manner:

(a)

the registered students of each Branch Campus, Faculty, School, Centre,

Academy and Institute shall elect by secret ballot conducted by the head of the Campus or the Dean of the Faculty or the Head of the School,

Centre, Academy or Institute, as the case may be, such uniform number of registered students of the respective Branch Campus, Faculty,

School, Centre, Academy and Institute to be representatives in the SRC, as may be determined by the Vice-Chancellor;

(b)

the registered students as a whole shall elect by secret ballot conducted by any officer appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for that purpose such number of registered students to be representatives to the SRC as may be determined by the Vice-Chancellor, being, in any case, not more than half of the number of representatives elected under paragraph (a).

(3)

The SRC shall elect from among its members a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be its only office-bearers, unless otherwise

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authorized in writing by the Vice-Chancellor; the office-bearers so authorized by the Vice-Chancellor shall be elected by the SRC from the members of the SRC.

(4)

The members of the SRC and its office-bearers shall be elected for one year.

(5)

The SRC’s decision shall be taken by a majority vote with not less than two-thirds of the members being present and voting.

(6)

The SRC may form from time to time, with the prior approval in writing of the Vice-Chancellor, appoint ad hoc committees from among its members for specific purposes or objects.

(7)

No student against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending, or who has been found guilty of a disciplinary offence, shall be elected or remain a member of the SRC or an office-bearer of any student body or committee, unless authorized in writing by the Vice-Chancellor.

(8)

A student who has not yet appeared for his first examination in the

University for his course of studies, or who has failed, or did not appear for, the last examination held by the University for his course of studies immediately prior to any proposed election or elections to the SRC or by the SRC or to or by any other student organization or body, shall be disqualified from being elected at such election or elections.

(9)

(Deleted by Act A1342).

(10)

The objects and functions of the SRC shall be:

(a)

to foster a spirit of corporate life among the students of the University;

(b)

to organize and supervise, subject to the direction of the Vice-Chancellor, student welfare facilities in the University including recreational facilities, spiritual and religious activities, and the supply of meals and refreshments;

(c)

to make representations to the Vice-Chancellor on all matters relating to, or connected with, the living and working conditions of the students of the University;

(d)

to be represented on any body which may, in accordance with Rules made by the Board for the purpose, be appointed to undertake student welfare activities in the University; and

(e)

to undertake such other activities as may be determined by the Board from time to time.

(11)

The Union or the SRC shall not maintain any fund or make any collection of any money or property from any source whatsoever, but such reasonable expenses

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as the SRC may be authorized in advance in writing by the Vice-Chancellor to incur may be paid by the University where reasonable written claims supported by receipts and vouchers are submitted by the SRC to the Vice-Chancellor and are approved by the Vice-Chancellor.

(12)

The Treasurer shall keep proper accounts of the SRC and not later than three months after the end of every financial year, being a financial year as specified by the Vice-Chancellor, a copy of the said accounts which shall be audited by a person appointed by the Board shall be submitted by the SRC for approval to the Board.

(13)

The SRC shall hold meetings from time to time as it may deem necessary and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep minutes of every meeting of the

SRC and such minutes shall be confirmed at a subsequent meeting.

(14)

(a)

For the purpose of this section—

“registered student” means a student who is following a course of study in the University for a degree or diploma including a post-graduate diploma, but shall not include an external student;

“external student” means a student registered at a Campus outside

Malaysia or who is pursuing a short term, part-time, distance learning, exchange or allied programme, whether in or outside Malaysia.

(b)

A registered student shall cease to be a registered student under this section—

(i)

upon the publication of the results of the final examination for such course of study, if he passes such examination; or

(ii)

upon the publication of the results of any examination for such course of study, if he fails such examination, until he is, thereafter, registered again for that or another course of study applicable to a registered student under this subsection.

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