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ACULSSCONSTI
TUTI
ON2021]

CONSTI
TUTI
ON OF AJAYICROWTHER UNI
VERSI
TY,LAW
STUDENTS’
SOCI
ETY.

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

PREAMBLE 4

NAME&MOTTO 4

CI
TATI
ON 4

AI
MS&OBJECTI
VES 5

CHAPTERI

SECTI
ON1:SUPREMACYOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ON 6

SECTI
ON2:DRESS-
CODE…………………………………………………………6

SECTI
ON3:MEMBERSHI
POFTHESOCI
ETY………………………………….
6

SECTI
ON4:OFFI
CEOFTHESTAFFADVI
SER…………………………………6

SECTI
ON5:I
NTERPRETATI
ON 7

CHAPTERI
I

SECTI
ON6:COMPOSI
TIONOFTHELAW STUDENTSSOCI
ETY…………8

SECTI
ON7:THESTUDENTS’
REPRESENTATI
VECOUNCI
L 8

SECTI
ON8:PRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHESRC
10

SECTI
ON9:ELECTI
ONOFPRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHESRC
13

SECTI
ON10:
RIGHT TO ATTENDANCE OF THE SRCCOUNCI
L
MEETI
NG……………………………………………………………………………………….
..
.13

SECTI
ON11:TENUREANDFORFEI
TUREOFSEATI
NTHECOUNCI
L……14

SECTI
ON12:
RESI
GNATI
ONOFMEMBERSOFTHECOUNCI
L………….
..
16

SECTI
ON13:VOTI
NGI
NTHECOUNCI
L………………………………………16

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SECTI
ON14:
MEETI
NGOFTHEHOUSE………………………………………16

SECTI
ON15:THECENTRALEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L
17

SECTI
ON16:PRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHECEC………………………….18

SECTI
ON 17:
TENUREAND FORFEI
TUREOFSEATASA MEMBER OFTHE
EXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L…………………………………………………………….
23

SECTI
ON18:JUDI
CIALCOUNCI
L
23

SECTI
ON19:REMOVALOFJUDI
CIALOFFI
CERS…………………………25

SECTI
ON20:CONGRESS
25

SECTI
ON21:CHAMBERS
25

CHAPTERI
II

SECTI
ON22:ESTABLI
SHMENTOFCOMMI
TTEES
26

SECTI
ON23:AUDI
TCOMMI
TTEE
26

SECTI
ON24:ELECTORALCOMMI
TTEE
27

SECTI
ON25:MOOTANDMOCKCOMMI
TTEE…………………………….27

SECTI
ON26:PRESSCOMMI
TTEE
28

SECTI
ON27:SOCI
ALCOMMI
TTEE
28

SECTI
ON28:SPORTSCOMMI
TTEE
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SECTI
ON29:WELFARECOMMI
TTEE
29

SECTI
ON30:ACADEMI
CAFFAI
RSCOMMI
TTEE………………………….
29

CHAPTERI
V

SECTI
ON31:REVENUE
30

SECTI
ON32:BUDGET&EXPENDI
TURE
31

SECTI
ON33:FI
NANCI
ALCONTROL
31

CHAPTERV

SECTI
ON34:ELECTI
ONCONDUCT
32

SECTI
ON35:ELI
GIBI
LITY
32

SECTI
ON36:ELECTORALOFFENCES
33

SECTI
ON37:ELECTI
ONPETI
TION
33

SECTI
ON38:BYE-
ELECTI
ON
33

CHAPTERVI

SECTI
ON39:RESPECTFORCOLLEAGUES
34

SECTI
ON40:ETHI
CS
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CHAPTERVI
I

SECTI
ON41:AMENDMENTPROCEDURE
35

SECTI
ON42:I
MPEACHMENTPROCEDURE.
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CHAPTERVI
II

SECTI
ON43:HONOURS&AWARDS
35

SECTI
ON44:CERTI
FICATEOFOFFI
CE………………………………………36

SECTI
ON45:SWEARI
NG-
INOFOFFI
CERS
36

SECTI
ON46:OATHOFOFFI
CE
37

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PREAMBLE

Wet
heent
ir
elawst
udent
soft
heFACULTYOFLAW,
AJAYICROWTHERUNI
VERSI
TY,
Oy
oSt
ate,Ni
ger
iaf
ir
mlyandsol
emnl
yresol
vet
ofor
m andest
abl
i
sht
heAJAYI
CROWTHER UNI
VERSI
TY LAW STUDENTS’SOCI
ETY CONSTI
TUTI
ON,f
orgr
owt
h
andst
rengt
h,t
oenhanceandf
ost
erourgener
alwel
far
eandt
hepr
otect
ionofour
col
l
ect
ivei
nter
est
(s)
,to wor
krel
ent
lessl
yfor t
he mai
ntenance of academi
c
excel
l
ence,conduci
vei
ntel
l
ect
ualat
mospher
e,aheal
thyassoci
ati
onandhonor
abl
e
communi
ty.Topr
ovi
dehow wemayadequat
elyut
il
izet
heeducat
ional
,cul
tur
al,
i
ntel
l
ect
ual
,and spor
ti
ng act
ivi
ti
esand pl
aya wor
thyr
ole on t
he nat
ionaland
i
nter
nat
ionalcomi
ty ofot
herext
ernalst
udent
s'or
gani
zat
ion whose ai
ms and
obj
ect
ivesar
eaccept
abl
etot
heSoci
ety
.Wer
esol
vet
opr
ovi
deaconst
it
uti
onwi
th
t
hesol
epur
poseofcont
ri
but
ingourquot
atot
hepr
ogr
ess,uni
ty,anddi
gni
tyofour
f
ather
landandt
hehumanr
aceasawhol
ethr
ought
heai
ms,obj
ect
ives,i
deas
ment
ioned her
ein and t
hrough t
he pr
omot
ion and pr
act
ice ofl
egalet
hicsand
pr
inci
ples of t
he AJAYICROWTHER UNI
VERSI
TY LAW STUDENTS’SOCI
ETY
(
ACULSS)
.
I
npur
suanceoft
heabov
e,wedoher
ebymake,enactandgi
vet
oour
sel
vest
his
const
it
uti
onmadebyt
hecongr
esst
hroughourr
epr
esent
ati
vesi
nthepar
li
ament
.

NAME&MOTTO

TheSoci
etyshal
lber
efer
redt
oasAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
yLawSt
udent
s’Soci
ety
(
ACULSS)whosemot
toshal
lbeLEGALI
SSCI
ENTI
AHUMANUSSAPI
ENCI
A.

CI
TATI
ON

Theconst
it
uti
onshal
lbeci
tedasACULSSCONSTI
TUTI
ON,
2021andshal
lbeci
ted
usi
ngChapt
ers,Sect
ions,Subsect
ions,Par
agr
aphs,andLi
nes(
Chapt
er1,Sect
ion
1,
Subsect
ion(
1),
Par
agr
apha)
,Li
nei
.)

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OBJECTI
VES

1)Tocat
erf
ort
heacademi
candsoci
alwel
far
eoft
hel
aw st
udent
sofAj
ayi
Cr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
y;

2)Tor
epr
esentt
hei
nter
estofl
awst
udent
satAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
yint
ernal
l
y,
ext
ernal
l
y,nat
ional
l
y,andi
nter
nat
ional
l
y;

3)Toi
ncul
cat
edi
sci
pli
ne,di
l
igence,andaspi
ri
tofhar
dwor
k,whi
l
epr
omot
inga
senseofbel
ongi
ngandcamar
ader
ieamongstt
hel
awst
udent
sofAj
ayiCr
owt
her
Uni
ver
sit
y;

4) Toensur
ecooper
ati
onandexchangeofl
egal
ideasbet
weenf
acul
ti
esofl
aw
bot
hinNi
ger
iaandabr
oad;

5) To encour
agel
aw st
udent
sin speci
ali
zed di
sci
pli
nesand st
imul
atean
academi
cint
erchangeofi
deasatsemi
nar
s,conf
erences,
andsy
mposi
a;

6) Toencour
agel
aw st
udent
sinspor
ti
ng,soci
alandcul
tur
alact
ivi
ti
esand
pr
ovi
deadequat
epl
atf
ormsont
hesebases;

7) Tocr
eat
eaheal
thyav
enuef
orsoci
alandacademi
cint
eract
ionamongl
aw
st
udent
s,t
hest
affoft
hef
acul
ty,
andt
heuni
ver
sit
yatl
arge;

8) Todef
endconsi
stent
ly:

a)t
heaut
onomyoft
heLawSt
udent
s’Soci
etyandt
heacademi
cfr
eedom
ofi
tsmember
s;

b)t
hel
egi
ti
mat
eint
erestofLaw St
udent
sinSoci
alsecur
it
y,Nat
ional
r
econst
ruct
ion,
andCul
tur
alact
ivi
ti
es;

c)t
heSt
ruggl
eforpeaceandt
otal
Disar
mament
s.

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CHAPTERI

GENERALPROVI
SIONS

SECTI
ON1:SUPREMACYOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ON

(
1)Thi
sConst
it
uti
oni
ssupr
emeandi
tspr
ovi
sionsshal
lbebi
ndi
ngonal
l
member
soft
hisSoci
ety
.

(
2)Anyl
awenact
edbyt
heSRCandwi
thi
nthesoci
ety
,thati
sinconsi
stent
wi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,shal
lbenul
landv
oidt
othe
ext
entofi
tsi
nconsi
stency
.Al
so,
anyadmi
nist
rat
iveact
ionnotf
oll
owi
ng
t
het
enet
s,pr
ovi
sionsoft
heACULSSCONSTI
TUTI
ON,2021,shal
lbe
decl
arednul
landv
oid.

(
3)Nopar
toft
hisconst
it
uti
onshal
lbeamendedormodi
fi
edsav
ebyt
he
pr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

SECTI
ON2:DRESS-
CODE

(
1)Ev
erymemberoft
heSoci
etyshal
ldr
essbyt
hest
ipul
atedFacul
tydr
esscode
t
oLect
uresandCer
emoni
aloccasi
on(
s),Housesi
tt
ing,Congr
essmeet
ings,
andf
orappear
ancesbef
oret
heJudi
ciar
y.

(
2)Anymemberwhoi
snotpr
oper
lydr
essed,
accor
dingt
otheFacul
tydr
esscode
shal
lnotber
ecogni
zedatHousesi
tt
ingsorCongr
essmeet
ingsandbef
ore
t
heJudi
ciar
y.

SECTI
ON3:MEMBERSHI
POFTHESOCI
ETY

(
1)TheMember
shi
poft
heSoci
etyshal
lconsi
stofal
lmat
ri
cul
atedandf
inanci
all
y
r
egi
ster
ed under
graduat
est
udent
soft
heFacul
tyofLaw,Aj
ayiCr
owt
her
Uni
ver
sit
y.

(
2)Anyst
udentt
hatdoesnotf
ulf
il
lther
equi
rement
soft
hesoci
etyi
nter
msof
pay
mentofannualduesshal
lbedeni
edf
ullr
ecogni
ti
onandpar
ti
cipat
ionasa
memberoft
heSoci
ety
.

SECTI
ON4:THEOFFI
CEOFTHESTAFFADVI
SER

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(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaSt
affAdv
iser
(s)
:

a)Suchshal
lbeappoi
ntedbyt
heDeanoft
hef
acul
tyf
rom amongstt
he
Facul
ty’
steachi
ngSt
aff
;

b)Thenumberof
,andsuchadv
iser
sshal
lbeasdet
ermi
nedbyt
heDean
oft
heFacul
tyofl
aw.

(
2)Thet
enur
eoft
heSt
affAdv
iser(
s)i
sasdet
ermi
nedbyt
heDean.

(
3)TheSt
affAdv
iser
(s)shal
lser
veasasuper
iorcour
tofr
ecor
dandhav
e
t
hepowert
ohearappel
l
atemat
ter
sthathav
ebeenadj
udi
cat
eduponby
t
heJudi
ciar
yinmat
ter
sbet
ween:

a)Member
soft
heExecut
ive;

b)TheExecut
iveandt
heSenat
e.

c)Andot
hermember
soft
heLawSt
udentSoci
ety
.

(
4)TheSt
affAdv
isershal
ladv
iset
hesoci
etyandi
tsmember
sonanyi
ssue
t
hatar
iseswi
thi
nthesoci
etyandout
sidet
hesoci
ety
.

SECTI
ON5:I
NTERPRETATI
ONCLAUSE

I
nthi
sconst
it
uti
on,
unl
essot
her
wisest
atedt
hef
oll
owi
ngshal
lbe:

CONSTI
TUTI
ONshal
lmeant
heACULSSCONSTI
TUTI
ON,
2021.

SOCI
ETYshal
lmeanAj
ayi
Crowt
herUni
ver
sit
yLawSt
udent
s’Soci
ety
.

CONGRESSshal
lmeant
heent
ir
ebodyofmember
soft
heSoci
ety

STUDENTS’REPRESENTATI
VE COUNCI
L shal
lmean t
he Law St
udent
s Soci
ety
St
udent
s’Repr
esent
ati
veCounci
l
,theSenat
e,ort
heCounci
lwhi
chshal
lbet
heLaw-
maki
ngor
ganoft
heSoci
ety
.

FACULTYshal
lmeant
heFacul
tyofLaw,
Ajay
iCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
y,Oy
o.

CENTRALEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L(CEC)shal
lmeant
heExecut
iveCounci
loft
heLaw
St
udent
s’Soci
ety
.
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OFFI
CERSshal
lincl
udemember
soft
heSt
udent
s'Repr
esent
ati
ve
Counci
l
,Execut
iveCounci
l
,andt
heJudi
cial
Counci
l
.

GENERALELECTI
ONshal
lmeany
ear
lyel
ect
ionsnor
mal
l
yhel
dint
hel
att
erpar
t
oft
hesecondsemest
er,
fort
heel
ect
ionofnewExecut
iveCounci
lmember
sand
SRCmember
s.

TEAM OFFI
CIALSshal
lmeant
echni
cal
staf
foft
het
eam(
s).

MEMBERS(
bonaf
idei
nrespectoft
heSoci
ety
)shal
lmeananydul
yregi
ster
ed
under
graduat
e st
udent of t
he FACULTY OF LAW, AJAYI CROWTHER
UNI
VERSI
TY.

UNI
VERSI
TY:
shal
lmeanAJAYICROWTHERUNI
VERSI
TY.

SCHOOLDAYshal
lmeanadaywhi
cht
heschooli
sinsessi
on,sav
epubl
i
c
hol
i
day
s.

ADEQUATENOTI
CEshal
lmean48hour
sormor
e.

ORGANSOFGOVERNMENTshal
lmeant
heJudi
cial
,Execut
ive,andSt
udent
s
Repr
esent
ati
veCounci
l
.

TheuseofTHEY/
THEM/
THEI
Rshal
l
,int
her
ightcont
ext
,ref
ert
oasi
ngul
arper
son.

CHAPTERI
I

ADMI
NISTRATI
VEBODI
ES

SECTI
ON6:COMPOSI
TIONOFTHELAW STUDENTS’
SOCI
ETY

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TheAj
ayi
Crowt
herUni
ver
sit
yLawSt
udent
s’Soci
ety(
ACULSS)shal
lconsi
stof
:

a.TheSt
udent
sRepr
esent
ati
veCounci
l

b.TheCent
ral
Execut
iveCounci
l

c.TheJudi
cial
Counci
l

SECTI
ON7:STUDENTS’
REPRESENTATI
VECOUNCI
L

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyal
aw-
maki
ngbody
,her
eaf
terr
efer
redt
oas
t
heSTUDENTS’REPRESENTATI
VECOUNCI
L(SRC)whi
chshal
lal
sobe
knownast
heSenat
e.

a)Thel
egi
slat
ivePoweroft
heAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
yLaw St
udent
s’
Soci
ety(
ACULSS)i
sher
ebyv
est
edont
heSt
udent
s’Repr
esent
ati
ve
Counci
l
;thi
s bodyshal
loper
atei
ndependent
lyofot
heror
gans of
gov
ernment
.

b)TheSRC shal
lhav
evet
o powert
o makel
awst
ofost
ert
hegood
gov
ernment
,peace,or
der
,andgr
owt
hoft
hesoci
etyandhel
pachi
eve
t
heai
msandobj
ect
ivesoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

c)TheSRCshal
lconsi
stof20member
s,5f
rom 200-
500l
evel
,pendi
ng
t
heby
e-el
ect
ionf
ort
he100l
evelst
udent
swhi
chwoul
dbr
ingt
het
otal
t
o25member
s.

d)TheSRCshal
lhav
ethepowert
osummont
hewhol
eoranymemberof
t
he execut
ive counci
lto appearbef
orei
tin connect
ion wi
th any
mat
ter
(s)
,pr
ovi
dedadequat
enot
iceshal
lbegi
vent
osuchmember
(s)
.
Ref
usalt
o appear bef
oret
he Senat
e shal
lhav
ethe f
oll
owi
ng
consequences:

i
. i
mpeachabl
eof
fensewhent
hedef
aul
ti
ngpar
tyi
sthe
Pr
esi
dent
/Vi
cePr
esi
dentoft
heLawSt
udent
sSoci
ety
;

i
i
. i
ndef
ini
te suspensi
on when t
he execut
ive of
fi
ceri
s

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nei
thert
hePr
esi
dentnorVi
cePr
esi
dentoft
heSoci
ety
.

e)TheSRCshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ort
heappr
ovaloft
hebudget
andot
herf
inanci
alexpendi
tur
esaspr
oposedbyt
heExecut
ive
Counci
l
.

f
) TheSRCshal
lenactpr
ocedur
esandr
ulest
hatwoul
dgui
det
he
conductofi
ts member
s,pr
ovi
ded such r
ules ar
e by t
he
pr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

g)Deci
sionsi
ntheSRC shal
lbebyasi
mpl
etwo-
thi
rds(
2/3)
maj
ori
tyv
ote.Av
oicev
otewoul
dbecal
l
edf
or,andi
fther
e's
anycont
ent
ionast
owhot
hemaj
ori
tyi
s,ashow ofhands
woul
dsuf
fi
ce.

h)Al
ldeci
sionsr
eachedbyt
heSRCshal
lbemadepubl
i
cnol
ater
t
han48hour
saf
tersuchameet
ing.

i
) The SRC shal
l appr
ove/
disappr
ove any cer
ti
fi
cat
e or
honour
s/awar
ds conf
err
ed by t
he Soci
ety bef
ore such
cer
ti
fi
cat
e/honour
/awar
disconf
err
ed.

j
) TheSRC shal
lfunct
ionf
oronepar
li
ament
aryy
earandshal
l
st
anddi
ssol
vedonceanewcounci
li
sswor
nin.

(
2)TheSRChast
hepowert
ocr
eat
eit
spr
ocedur
east
ohow bi
l
lswi
l
lbe
passed.

a)Wher
eabi
l
lhasbeenpassedbyt
heSRC,
itshal
lbepr
esent
edt
othe
Pr
esi
dentf
orassent
.

b)Wher
eabi
l
lispr
esent
edt
othePr
esi
dentf
orassent
,heshal
lwi
thi
n
f
ive(
5)school

day
sther
eofsi
gni
fyt
hatheassent
sorhewi
thhol
dsassent
.

c)Wher
ethePr
esi
dentwi
thhol
dshi
sassentandt
hebi
l
lisr
evi
ewedand
agai
npassedbyt
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)maj
ori
tyofmember
svot
ingf
ort
he
bi
l
landconst
it
uti
on;t
hebi
l
lorconst
it
uti
onshal
lbecomel
awandt
he
assentoft
hePr
esi
dentshal
lnotber
equi
red.

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12
(
3)Subj
ectt
othepr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,aper
sonshal
lbequal
i
fied
f
orel
ect
ionasamemberoft
heSRCi
f:

a)Hei
sar
egi
ster
edSt
udentoft
heFacul
tyofLaw,Aj
ayiCr
owt
her
Uni
ver
sit
y,andaf
inanci
almemberofACULSS.

b)Hi
sCGPAi
snotl
esst
han2.
50CGPAwhencont
est
ing.

c)Hei
sar
eput
abl
est
udentwi
thanunquest
ionabl
echar
act
er.

d)Subj
ectt
other
esul
toft
hei
rfi
rst
-semest
erexam,i
nter
im 100l
evel
SRCmember
sshal
lbeel
ect
edbyt
hroughaby
eel
ect
ion.

SECTI
ON8:PRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHESRC

(
1)ThePr
inci
pal
Off
icer
soft
heSt
udent
s’Repr
esent
ati
veCounci
l(SRC)shal
lbe:

a)Senat
ePr
esi
dent
;

b)Deput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dent
;

c)Cl
erkoft
heHouse;

d)Chi
efWhi
p;

e)Const
it
uencyLeader
(s)
.

(
2)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSRCaSenat
ePr
esi
dent
,andt
heyshal
l
:

a)Summonandpr
esi
deov
eral
lsi
tt
ingsofbot
htheSRCandspeci
al
congr
ess;

b)TheSenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lbear
eput
abl
eSt
udentoft
heFacul
tyof
Law,
LawSt
udent
'sSoci
ety
,andt
heUni
ver
sit
y;

c)Heshal
lbeel
ect
edbyt
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)maj
ori
tyoft
hemember
sof
t
hehouseandi
fthecont
est
ant
sar
etwoorl
esst
hant
woanda
si
mpl
emaj
ori
tywoul
del
ecti
fthecont
est
ant
sar
emor
ethant
wo;

d)Heshal
lhav
ethepowert
osummont
hemeet
ingoft
heSRCandshal
l
hav
ethepowert
omai
ntai
npeaceandor
deri
nthehouse;

e)Heshal
li
mpar
ti
all
ydi
rectt
hepr
oceedi
ngsatt
hesi
tt
ingoft
heSRC;
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13
f
)Heshal
latt
hepar
li
ament
arysi
tt
ing,i
nter
prett
heconst
it
uti
onoft
he
Soci
etyi
ngoodf
ait
hpr
ovi
dedsuchi
nter
pret
ati
onshal
lber
ever
sibl
e
byt
wo-
thi
rd(
2/3)

maj
ori
tyoft
hemember
soft
heSRCandv
otewi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
othe
i
nter
pret
ati
ongi
venbyt
hej
udi
cial
counci
l
;

g)Heshal
lexecut
eal
lot
herf
unct
ionsconf
err
ed on hi
m undert
he
pr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on;

h)TheSenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lpr
esi
deatt
hesi
tt
ingsoft
heSRCori
nhi
s
absence,
theDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dentori
ndef
aul
t,anyot
hermember
oft
heSRCast
heCounci
lmayel
ectf
ort
hepur
pose.

i
)Castav
oteonl
ywhenev
erat
iear
ises;

j
)Beaco-
assentt
oev
erycer
ti
fi
cat
eofof
fi
ceconf
err
edbyt
hesoci
etyon
anyOf
fi
cer
;

k)Heal
ongwi
tht
heChi
efJust
iceshal
lbecust
odi
ansoft
heMootCour
t;

l
)Uset
hei
rdi
scr
eti
onar
ypower
sfai
rl
y.

(
3)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSRCaDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dent
,andt
heyshal
l
:

a)TheDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lbear
eput
abl
eSt
udentoft
hef
acul
tyand
t
heUni
ver
sit
y;

b)Heshal
lbeanel
ect
edmemberoft
heSRCandshal
lbeel
ect
edbyasi
mpl
e
maj
ori
tyofmember
soft
hecounci
l
;

c)Heshal
ldur
ingt
hesi
tt
ingoft
heSRCt
aket
her
ollofmember
spr
esentand
shal
lwi
thi
ntwent
y-f
our(
24)hour
saf
terSRChasadj
our
nedt
hesi
tt
ingf
orwar
d
al
i
stofabsentmember
stot
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentf
ornecessar
yact
ionpert
he
pr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

d)Heshal
lbet
hef
inanci
alof
fi
ceroft
heSRCandshal
lbeaper
manentsi
gnat
ory
t
otheSoci
etyAccount
.
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14
e)Heshal
lseet
othegener
alwel
far
eoft
heCounci
l
.

f
) Heshal
lbet
heel
ect
oralof
fi
cerov
erel
ect
ion(
s)ont
hemot
ionont
hef
loorof
t
hecounci
l
.

g)Wher
etheSenat
ePr
esi
denti
sabsentduet
oinf
ir
mit
yofbodyorar
esol
uti
on
oft
hecounci
l
,theDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lpr
esi
deatt
hesi
tt
ingandt
he
mai
nfunct
ionsoft
heDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dentundert
hisconst
it
uti
onf
ort
hat
momentshal
lbeexer
cisedbyanyot
hermemberoft
heSRCast
hecounci
l
mayel
ect
.

h)Per
for
m suchdut
iesasmaybeassi
gnedt
othem byt
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
.

(
4)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSRCaCl
erk,
andt
heyshal
l
:

a)TheCl
erkoft
heHouseshal
lbear
eput
abl
est
udentoft
hef
acul
tyandt
he
Uni
ver
sit
y;

b)Keepat
tendancebooks,mi
nut
es,andr
ecor
dsofal
lSRCsi
tt
ingsaswel
las
meet
ingsoft
hespeci
alcongr
ess;

c)Heshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ort
hegener
alcor
respondenceoft
heSRC onal
l
mat
ter
srel
ati
ngt
oit
;

d)Pr
epar
ein adv
ancet
heagendaconsi
sti
ng ofal
lthemaj
orpoi
ntst
o be
di
scussedatt
heSRCsi
tt
ingandt
hespeci
alcongr
ess;

e)Compi
l
ethe pr
oceedi
ngs of t
he SRC f
or t
he Par
li
ament
aryy
ear f
or
document
ati
oni
nthesoci
ety
’sl
i
brar
y;

f
) Per
for
m such ot
herdut
ies ascr
ibed t
o hi
m byt
he Senat
e Pr
esi
dentor
member
soft
heCounci
li
ntheSenat
ePr
esi
dent
’sabsence;

g)I
nconj
unct
ionwi
tht
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
,di
str
ibut
enot
iceofmeet
ingst
oal
l
member
soft
heSRCatl
east48hour
sbef
oreanSRCsi
tt
ing.

(
5)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSRCaChi
efWhi
p,andt
heyshal
l
:

a)Bear
eput
abl
est
udentoft
hef
acul
tyandt
heuni
ver
sit
y;

b)Beanel
ect
edmemberoft
heSRCandshal
lbeel
ect
edatt
hef
ir
st
si
tt
ingoft
heSRCbyasi
mpl
emaj
ori
tyoft
hemember
s;
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15
c)Bet
hecust
odi
anoft
hePar
li
ament
arygown;

d)Ar
rangeandor
gani
zet
hev
enueoft
hepar
li
ament
arysessi
onbef
ore
t
hecommencementoft
hesessi
on;

e)Ber
esponsi
blef
orkeepi
ngor
derwhent
hehousei
sinsessi
on;

f
) Heshal
lrecei
veorper
mitanymemberoft
heSRCwhowi
shest
oleav
e
t
hef
looroft
hehousebef
oret
hemeet
ingoft
hedaycomest
oanend;

g)Heshal
ltakeamessagef
rom t
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentt
othemember
s
andf
rom t
hemember
stot
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentwhent
hehousei
sin
sessi
on.

h)Per
for
m suchdut
iesasmaybeassi
gned t
othem byt
heSenat
e
Pr
esi
dent
.

(
6)Ther
eshal
lbef
oreachl
evel
aConst
it
uencyLeader
(s)
,andt
heyshal
l
:

a)Coor
dinat
erepr
esent
ati
vesf
rom t
hei
rConst
it
uency
,onconst
it
uencymat
ter
s;

b)Per
for
m anyot
herf
unct
ion(
s)asmaybeassi
gnedt
othem byt
heSenat
e
Pr
esi
dent
.

SECTI
ON9:ELECTI
ONOFPRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHESRC

(
1)Theel
ect
ionoft
hepr
inci
pal
off
icer
soft
heSRCshal
lbeconduct
edbyt
heSRC
peri
tsownr
ulesofpr
ocedur
e,t
obepr
esi
dedov
erbyt
heout
goi
ngSenat
e
Pr
esi
dentorDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dent
,undert
hesuper
visi
onofanymember
(s)
oft
heEl
ect
oral
Commi
tt
ee.

(
2)Theel
ect
ionofpr
inci
palof
fi
cer
sshal
lbehel
dnol
atert
han5schoolday
s
af
tert
hegener
alel
ect
ion.

(
3)Thepr
inci
palof
fi
cer
sshal
lbeel
ect
edbyt
heSRCf
rom i
tsmember
satt
he
t
imeoft
heel
ect
ion.

(
4)Nooneshal
lbeel
i
gibl
etobeel
ect
edi
ntot
heof
fi
ceoft
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
unl
esst
heyar
efr
om t
he500l
evel
,andhav
espentatl
eastasessi
oni
nthe
SRC.
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16
(
5)Anycandi
dat
ewhohasnotspent
,atl
east
,asessi
oni
ntheSRCi
sel
i
gibl
eto
cont
estf
oraposi
ti
onoft
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
,onl
yift
her
ear
enocandi
dat
es
i
nmeet
ingt
hesai
drequi
rement
.

(
6)Onl
yst
udent
sfr
om t
he500l
eveland400l
evelar
eel
i
gibl
etobeel
ect
edi
nto
t
heof
fi
ceoft
heDeput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dent
.

(
7)Onl
yst
udent
sfr
om t
he400l
eveland300l
evelar
eel
i
gibl
etobeel
ect
edi
nto
t
heof
fi
ceofCl
erk.

SECTI
ON10:
RIGHTTOATTENDANCEOFTHESRCCOUNCI
LMEETI
NG

(
1)Anymemberwhor
egi
ster
sandl
eav
est
hesi
tt
ingwi
thoutdueper
missi
on
f
rom t
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentorChi
efWhi
pshal
lbedeemednott
ohav
e
at
tendedt
hesi
tt
ingnot
wit
hst
andi
ngwhet
herhel
aterr
etur
n.

(
2)Amemberoft
hecounci
lwhor
egi
ster
sanot
hermember
'snamewhoi
s
absentshal
lber
etr
ainedf
rom t
aki
ngpar
tint
hesi
tt
ingi
nquest
ion.

(
3)Anyst
udentandi
nter
est
edper
son(
s)shal
lat
tendt
hesi
tt
ingbut
,onl
ythe
member
soft
heCounci
lshal
ltakepar
tint
hepr
oceedi
ngs.

(
4)Anyof
fi
ceroft
heSoci
etyshal
lat
tendt
hemeet
ingoft
heSRCi
fsummoned
t
oexpl
aint
othecounci
ltheconductofhi
sof
fi
ce,
andi
npar
ti
cul
arwhent
he
af
fai
rsoft
hatof
fi
cerar
eunderdi
scussi
on.

(
5)ThePr
esi
dentoft
heSoci
etyshal
lat
tendameet
ingoft
heSRCt
odel
i
ver
St
ateoft
heSoci
etyaddr
ess.

(
6)ThePr
esi
dentshal
linf
ormt
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentwhenev
erhewi
shest
o
addr
esst
hehouseatl
eastt
wo(
2)day
sbef
oret
hecommencementofany
SRCsi
tt
inghedesi
rest
oat
tend.

(
7)Thepr
esenceorpar
ti
cipat
ionofanyper
son(
s)notent
it
ledt
obepr
esentat
orpar
ti
cipat
eint
he pr
oceedi
ngs oft
he SRC shal
lnoti
nval
i
dat
ethe
pr
oceedi
ngs.

SECTI
ON11:TENUREANDFORFEI
TUREOFSEATASANSRCMEMBER

(
1)TheSt
udent
s’Repr
esent
ati
veCounci
lshal
lfunct
ionf
oronepar
li
ament
ary
y
earandshal
lst
anddi
ssol
vedt
her
eaf
ter
.
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17
(
2)Amemberoft
heSRCshal
lvacat
ehi
sseati
ntheCounci
lofwhi
chhei
sa
member
,i
f:

a)He ceases t
o be a st
udentoft
he uni
ver
sit
yas a r
esul
tofany
mi
sconduct
;

b)Hebecomesamemberofanot
herLegi
slat
iveHouse;

c)wi
thoutj
ustcause,
hei
sabsentf
rom meet
ingsoft
heCounci
lofwhi
ch
hei
samemberof
,fort
hreeconsecut
ivesi
tt
ings;

d)TheSenat
ePr
esi
dent/
Cler
krecei
vesacer
ti
fi
cat
eundert
hehandof
t
he Chai
rman ofAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
yLaw St
udent
s’Soci
ety
El
ect
oralCommi
ssi
on st
ati
ng t
he r
ecal
loft
hatmemberby i
ts
Const
it
uency
:

i
. amemberoft
heSRCmayber
emov
ed,byar
ecal
lpr
ocess,ont
he
gr
oundsofgr
ossmi
sconduct
,mi
sappr
opr
iat
ionoff
unds,f
raud,
el
ect
oral
mal
pract
ice,
oranygr
ossv
iol
ati
onoft
heConst
it
uti
on;

i
i
. t
her
ecal
lshal
lbeef
fect
ualwhent
heCl
assRepr
esent
ati
veoft
he
sai
dmember
submi
tsawr
it
tenpet
it
ionsi
gnedbyt
wo-
thi
rdsoft
he
whol
ecl
asst
otheSenat
efort
her
ecal
lofsai
dmember
.TheSRC
shal
lthenv
ote,
bysi
mpl
emaj
ori
ty,
inf
avouroforagai
nstt
her
ecal
l
ofasai
dmemberoft
heSRC.Suchmember
sshal
lnotbeel
i
gibl
eto
v
ote.

(
3)Subj
ectt
osubsect
ion(
2)c)
,theSenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lrul
eonwhet
heror
nott
heexpl
anat
ionf
orabsenceadducedi
sgood,v
ali
d,oraccept
abl
e.Thi
s
r
uli
ngshal
lbesubj
ectt
oav
oteofatl
eastt
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)
maj
ori
tyofSRC
member
s.

(
4)Amemberoft
heSRCshal
lbedeemedt
ofor
fei
thi
sseati
ntheCounci
las
pr
escr
ibedi
nsubsect
ion(
2)oft
hisConst
it
uti
on.

a)Anymemberwhol
oseshi
sseatbyt
hepr
ovi
sioncont
ainedabov
eshal
l
bedi
squal
i
fiedf
rom bei
ngel
ect
edi
ntot
hehouseagai
nandhol
dingany
ot
herSoci
etyof
fi
ce.

(
5)Theof
fi
ceoft
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lbecomev
acanti
f:
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18
a) He ceases t
o be a memberoft
he SRC ot
her
wise byr
eason(
s)of
di
ssol
uti
onoft
hehouse.

b)TheSRC byanaddr
esssuppor
tedbyt
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)maj
ori
tyofi
ts
member
s'v
otest
oremov
ethef
unct
ionsofhi
sof
fi
cewhet
herar
isi
ng
f
rom i
nfi
rmi
tyofbodyoractofmi
sconduct
.

SECTI
ON12:RESI
GNATI
ONOFMEMBERSOFTHECOUNCI
L

(
1)Anymemberoft
heSRCwi
shi
ngt
oresi
gnhi
smember
shi
pshal
lint
hef
ir
st
i
nst
ancedosoi
nal
ett
ersi
gnedandsubmi
tt
edt
otheConst
it
uencyLeader
i
nhi
sconst
it
uency
.

(
2)Atr
esi
gnat
ion,t
heConst
it
uencyLeadershal
lannounceont
hef
looroft
he
Counci
linapar
li
ament
arysi
tt
ingt
her
esi
gnat
ionofamember
,succeedi
ng
t
her
ecei
ptofsuchl
ett
ert
otheCl
erkoft
hehouse.

(
3)Suchr
esi
gnat
ionshal
lonl
ytakeef
fectt
hemomenti
thasbeenr
eadont
he
f
looroft
heCounci
landaccept
edaccor
dingl
y.

(
4)I
ntheev
entofsubsect
ion(
3),t
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentorDeput
ySenat
e
Pr
esi
dentorpr
esi
dingof
fi
ceroft
hesessi
onshal
lor
dert
hatt
hev
acancybe
f
il
ledwi
thi
naf
ort
night(
2weeks)f
rom t
hedat
ewhent
hev
acancyoccur
red
f
rom suchconst
it
uency
.

SECTI
ON13:
VOTI
NGI
NTHECOUNCI
L

(
1)Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
ce t
o any pr
ovi
sion oft
his const
it
uti
on,any quest
ion
pur
posedf
ordeci
sionatasi
tt
ingshal
lbedet
ermi
nedbyasi
mpl
emaj
ori
ty
oft
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)oft
hemember
sbyv
oti
ng,
andi
fvot
eti
esi
ntheev
entof
t
ime,
theper
sonpr
esi
dingshal
lcastav
otebut
,shal
lnotv
oteexcepti
nsuch
case.

(
2)Vot
ingatSRC si
tt
ingshal
lbebyshow ofhandsexceptwhenmember
s
pr
essf
orort
heper
sonpr
esi
dingconsi
der
sasecr
etbal
l
otnecessar
y.

(
3)Al
lmember
soft
heSRCshal
lhav
ether
ightt
ovot
ewhenev
ert
her
eisan
el
ect
ionont
hef
looroft
hehouseexceptt
heSpeakerandt
heel
ect
oral

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19
of
fi
cer
.

(
4)Anon-
memberv
oti
ngi
nanyoft
hesi
tt
ingoft
heSRCshal
lbel
i
abl
etobe
t
ri
edbyt
heJudi
cialCounci
loft
heSoci
etyundert
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
his
const
it
uti
on.

SECTI
ON14:
MEETI
NGOFTHEHOUSE

(
1)TheSRCshal
lhol
datl
eastsi
x(6)counci
lmeet
ingsi
nanypar
li
ament
ary
y
earbef
oret
hedi
ssol
uti
onoft
hehouse.

(
2)I
tshal
lbet
hedut
yoft
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
,act
ingt
hrought
hecl
erk,t
o
summonanycounci
lmeet
ing,t
hemot
iveofsuchsi
tt
ingshal
lbemade
publ
i
ctot
hemember
satl
east
48hour
s(2day
s)bef
oresuchmeet
ing.

(
3)Two-
thi
rds(
2/3)maj
ori
tyoft
hemember
soft
heSRCt
othenear
estwhol
e
numbershal
lconst
it
uteaquor
um f
ort
hecounci
lsi
tt
ing.

(
4)I
fanobser
vat
ioni
srai
sedbyanymemberoft
heCounci
latt
hebegi
nni
ngof
t
hesi
tt
ingt
hatt
henumberoft
hemember
swhobegi
nthecounci
lsi
tt
ingar
e
f
ewert
hant
wo-
thi
rds(
2/3)ofal
lthemember
soft
hecounci
landt
heper
son
pr
esi
dingascer
tai
nst
othat
,heshal
lther
euponadj
our
nthecounci
lmeet
ing.

(
5)An emer
gency meet
ing shal
lbe summoned by t
he Senat
e Pr
esi
dent
whenev
erhej
udgesi
tisr
ighti
nthei
nter
estoft
heSoci
etyt
odoso,
subj
ect
t
othepr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
ont
hatt
her
eason(
s)shal
lbet
hef
ir
sti
tem
f
ordi
scussi
onatt
hemeet
ingsosummoned.

(
6)Speci
alSi
tt
ingoft
heSRCshal
lbesummonedbyt
heSenat
ePr
esi
dentorby
awr
it
tenpet
it
ionofone-
fi
ft
h(1/
5)oft
heSRCmember
spr
ovi
dedanot
ice
f
orsuchsi
tt
ingi
sgi
veni
nadv
ance.

a)Thequor
um f
orsuchaspeci
almeet
ingshal
lbeone-
fi
ft
h(1/
5)oft
he
member
soft
heSRC.

(
7)Not
iceofanyEmer
gencyorSpeci
alSi
tt
ingshal
lbeconspi
cuousl
ydi
spl
ayed
i
ntheSoci
ety
’snot
iceboar
datl
eastf
ive(
5)hour
sbef
oret
het
imeoft
he
si
tt
ingandsuchnot
iceshal
li
ncl
udet
heagendaoft
hemeet
ing.

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20
SECTI
ON15:THECENTRALEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaCent
ralExecut
iveCounci
l
,her
eaf
terr
efer
red
t
oast
heExecut
ivecounci
l
.Thi
sCounci
lshal
lbev
est
edwi
tht
heExecut
ive
power
soft
heSoci
ety
.Suchpowershal
lbeexer
cisedei
therdi
rect
lyor
t
hroughof
fi
cer
sdel
egat
edbyt
hem.

a)The Execut
ive shal
lexecut
e and mai
ntai
nthi
s const
it
uti
on and al
l
mat
ter
sconcer
ningwhi
cht
heSRChast
hepowert
omaker
ulesand
r
egul
ati
ons.

b)TheExecut
iveshal
lcol
l
ect
ivel
yber
esponsi
blef
oranyactoromi
ssi
on
byanyof
fi
cerwhi
ch i
spert
he j
ointdeci
sion agr
eed upon byt
he
execut
ivecounci
l
.

c)Theexecut
iveshal
ldeci
deonhowv
oti
ngshal
lbecar
ri
edoutonmat
ter
s
whi
l
ethePr
esi
dentshal
lhav
eacast
ingv
otei
ntheev
entofat
ie.

d)Thequor
um oft
heexecut
ivecounci
lshal
lbeasi
mpl
emaj
ori
tyof
member
soft
hecabi
net
.

e)Theexecut
ivecounci
lshal
lmeetasof
tenaspossi
blef
ort
heef
fect
ive
r
unni
ngoft
heSoci
ety
.

f
) Counci
lmeet
ingshal
lbesummonedbyt
heGener
alSecr
etar
yona
di
rect
iveoft
hePr
esi
dent
.

g)Member
soft
heexecut
ivecounci
lshal
lhav
ethepowert
osponsorabi
l
l
onanyi
ssuet
hatconcer
nshi
spor
tfol
i
otot
heSRC.

h)Amemberoft
heExecut
iveCounci
lmayber
emov
edont
hegr
oundsof
gr
oss mi
sconduct
, mi
sappr
opr
iat
ion of f
unds, f
raud, el
ect
oral
mal
pract
ice,
oranygr
ossv
iol
ati
onoft
heConst
it
uti
on.

i
) Forsuchr
emov
alt
obeef
fect
ual
,apet
it
ionmustbewr
it
tent
otheSenat
e
andsi
gnedby150st
udent
soft
hef
acul
ty,af
terwhi
chani
nvest
igat
ion
woul
dbecar
ri
edoutbyt
heSenat
e.TheSRCmustt
henv
ote,bysi
mpl
e
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21
maj
ori
ty,i
nfav
ouroragai
nstt
her
emov
aloft
hesai
dmemberoft
he
Execut
iveCounci
l
.

i
. Par
agr
aphi
)oft
hisconst
it
uti
on,r
efer
stowher
eamemberof
t
hesoci
etyf
il
esf
ort
her
emov
alofanOf
fi
cer
.

i
i
. Wher
etheSRCdeci
dest
oremov
eamemberoft
heExecut
ive
Counci
l
,suchshal
lbedonei
naccor
dancewi
thS.
43oft
his
const
it
uti
onwher
eiti
nvol
vest
her
emov
alofei
thert
hePr
esi
dent
ort
hev
ice-
Presi
dentoft
hesoci
ety
;wher
eiti
nvol
vesot
her
member
soft
heCECi
tshal
lbedonebya2/
3maj
ori
tyv
oteat
t
hepar
li
ament
arysi
tt
ing.

j
) Al
lof
fi
cer
soft
hesoci
etyshal
lbest
udent
sel
ect
edbysecr
etbal
l
ot.

SECTI
ON16:PRI
NCI
PALOFFI
CERSOFTHEEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L

(
1)The Execut
ive Counci
lshal
lcompr
ise oft
he f
oll
owi
ng of
fi
cer
s,i
nthi
s
par
ti
cul
aror
der
;

a)Pr
esi
dent
;

b)Vi
ce-
Presi
dent
;

c)Gener
alSecr
etar
y;

d)Wel
far
eDi
rect
or;

e)Soci
alDi
rect
or;

f
) Spor
tsDi
rect
or;

g)Fi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y;

h)Publ
i
cRel
ati
onsOf
fi
cer
;

i
) Assi
stantGener
alSecr
etar
y;

j
) Assi
stantSpor
tsDi
rect
or;

k)At
tor
ney
-Gener
al.

(
2)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaPr
esi
dentandt
heyshal
l
:
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22
a)Bet
heHead,Chai
rmanorChi
efExecut
iveOf
fi
ceroft
heCent
ralExecut
ive
Counci
l
;

b)Super
viseandcoor
dinat
eal
laspectoft
heSoci
ety
’sact
ivi
ty;

c)Beoneoft
he of
fi
cer
srepr
esent
ing t
he soci
ety
’si
nter
estwi
th/
tot
he
f
acul
tyorUni
ver
sit
yManagement
;

d)Pr
otect t
he i
mage of t
he f
acul
tyf
oll
owi
ng t
he pr
ovi
sions of t
his
const
it
uti
on.

e)Di
schar
geal
ldut
iesr
easonabl
yinci
dent
alt
ohi
sof
fi
ce.

f
) Asofr
ight
,subj
ectt
otheSenat
ePr
esi
dent
s’appr
ovalcomet
otheHouse,
t
oaddr
essi
tonanyi
ssuehef
eel
stobei
mpor
tantandr
equi
resur
gent
consi
der
ati
on;

g)Beasi
gnat
oryt
oal
lfi
nanci
alt
ransact
ionsoft
hesoci
etyandt
heaccount
oft
heSoci
ety
;

h)SummonExecut
ivecounci
lmeet
ingswhenev
ernecessar
y;

i
) Pr
esi
deov
eral
lexecut
ivecounci
lmeet
ingsaswel
lascongr
essmeet
ings
andco-
ordi
nat
esuch;

j
) Ensur
ethatt
he Fi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y pr
esent
sthe soci
ety
’sf
inanci
al
st
atement
stot
heSRC,t
hrought
heAudi
tCommi
tt
eewhenev
eraskedt
o
doso;

k)Bet
hechi
efspokesper
sonoft
heLawSt
udent
s’Soci
ety
;

l
) Submi
ttot
heSRCf
orappr
oval
,apr
oposedy
ear
ly/
semest
erbudgetand
submi
tsai
dbudgetnol
atert
han5weeksi
ntot
hesessi
onf
oray
ear
ly
budgetor3weeksi
ntoeachsemest
er,f
orasemest
erbudget
.Fai
l
uret
o
submi
tsuchshal
lbeani
mpeachabl
eof
fence;

m)Beaco-
assentt
oev
erycer
ti
fi
cat
eofof
fi
ceconf
err
edbyt
hesoci
etyonany
Of
fi
cer
;
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23
n)Ber
esponsi
blef
oral
lot
herdut
iesi
nci
dent
alt
othei
rof
fi
ce,pr
ovi
dedt
hey
ar
enoti
nconsi
stentwi
tht
hedut
iesofot
herof
fi
cer
soft
hesoci
ety
.

(
3)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaVi
ce-
Presi
denther
einr
efer
redt
oast
he
Chai
rmanofAcademi
cAf
fai
rsandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edst
udentoft
heFacul
ty,
theUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)Repr
esentt
heSoci
etyatanyAcademi
cev
entor
gani
zedbyt
heUni
ver
sit
y
oranyDepar
tmenti
ntheUni
ver
sit
y;

c)Actf
ort
hePr
esi
denti
nthei
rabsence,
andi
fneedbe,
assumepr
esi
dency
i
ntheev
entoft
hePr
esi
dent
'si
ncapaci
tat
ion,
suspensi
on,
orr
emov
alf
rom
of
fi
ce;

d)Heshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ormat
ter
srel
ati
ngt
otheacademi
cwel
far
eof
t
hesoci
ety
;

e)Bet
hechai
rmanoft
heAcademi
cAf
fai
rsCommi
tt
eeoft
heSoci
ety
;

f
)Int
hedi
schar
geofhi
sdut
ies,
actont
headv
iceoft
heexecut
ivecounci
l
;

g)Di
schar
geal
lsuchdut
ieswhi
char
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
alt
ohi
sof
fi
ce;

h)Comef
rom t
he400l
evel
;

(
4)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaGener
alSecr
etar
yandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edst
udentoft
heFacul
ty,t
heUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)Ber
esponsi
blef
ort
hemai
ntenanceoft
heSoci
ety
'sSecr
etar
iatandt
he
gener
alsecr
etar
ial
dut
iesoft
heSoci
ety
;

c)Bei
nchar
geofal
lcor
respondenceoft
heSoci
ety
;

d)Keep at
tendance books,mi
nut
es,and r
ecor
ds ofExecut
ive Counci
l
meet
ings;

e)Takemi
nut
esoft
hemeet
ingoft
heexecut
ivecounci
landshal
lci
rcul
ate
samet
omember
swi
thi
nfi
veday
sofsuchmeet
ing;

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24
f
) Gi
vef
ullcooper
ati
ont
othePr
esi
dentt
owar
dst
heef
fect
ivedi
schar
geof
t
heexecut
ivedut
iesoft
heSoci
ety
;

g)Ont
headv
iceoft
heexecut
ivecounci
lcompi
l
eacompr
ehensi
ver
ecor
dof
t
heact
ivi
ti
esoft
hecounci
lfort
hepar
li
ament
aryy
earandshal
lpr
esent
samet
otheSRCatt
hel
astsi
tt
ingoft
heSRC;

h)Ber
esponsi
blet
othePr
esi
dentf
ort
heday
-to-
dayact
ivi
ti
esoft
heSoci
ety
and shal
ladv
ise t
he Pr
esi
denton al
lmat
ter
s on t
he appoi
ntment
,
di
sci
pli
ne,
anddi
smi
ssal
ofanySoci
etyempl
oyee;

i
) Per
for
m al
lot
herdut
iest
hatar
einci
dent
alt
othei
rof
fi
ceandmaybe
assi
gnedt
othem byt
hePr
esi
dent
.

(
5)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaWel
far
eDi
rect
orandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Ber
esponsi
blef
ort
hewel
far
eoft
hemember
soft
heSoci
ety
,aswel
las
seet
othebeaut
if
icat
ionoft
heSoci
ety
’senv
ironment
;

b)I
nconj
unct
ionwi
tht
hePr
esi
dent
,li
aisewi
thappr
opr
iat
eaut
hor
it
iessuch
asTheSt
udentAf
fai
rs,Facul
tyofLaw,Wor
ksdepar
tmentt
oensur
ethe
wel
far
eoft
hemember
sofACULSS;

c)I
nli
aisonwi
tht
heFacul
tyaut
hor
it
ies,seet
othemai
ntenanceoft
he
Soci
ety
's ameni
ti
es such as t
he t
oil
ets,f
urni
tur
e,and al
lel
ect
ri
cal
appl
i
ances;

d)Bet
heChai
rmanoft
heWel
far
eCommi
tt
ee;

e)Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
oanypr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,per
for
m anyot
her
dut
iesconf
err
edonhi
m byt
heCECorar
esol
uti
onoft
heSRC.

(
6)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaSoci
alDi
rect
orandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Ber
esponsi
blef
oral
lsoci
alact
ivi
ti
esoft
heSoci
ety
;

b)Bet
hecust
odi
anandpr
omot
eroft
heSoci
ety
’scul
tur
alher
it
age;

c)Bet
hechai
rmanoft
heSoci
alCommi
tt
ee;

d)Pr
esentadet
ail
edwr
it
tenr
epor
tofanySoci
alf
unct
ionhel
dtot
heCEC
wi
thi
ntwoweeksoft
heev
ent
;
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25
e)Ber
esponsi
blef
orpr
ovi
dingr
ecr
eat
ional
faci
l
iti
esandact
ivi
ti
esf
ort
he
soci
ety
;

f
)Int
hedi
schar
geofhi
sdut
ies,
takeadv
icef
rom t
heCEC;

f
) Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
oanypr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
heshal
lper
for
m
anyot
herdut
iesconf
err
edonhi
m byt
heexecut
ivecounci
lorar
esol
uti
on
oft
heSRC;

g)Per
for
m suchot
herdut
iest
hatar
einci
dent
alt
ohi
sof
fi
ce.

(
7)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaSpor
tsDi
rect
orandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edst
udentoft
heFacul
ty,
theUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)BeakeenSpor
tsmanwhoshal
lexpl
oreandadoptsui
tabl
emeansf
or
i
mpr
ovi
ngt
hecur
rentst
andar
dofst
udent
s'spor
ti
ngact
ivi
ti
esandco-
or
dinat
eal
lspor
ti
ngact
ivi
ti
esoft
hef
acul
ty;

c)Ber
esponsi
blef
ort
hepur
chaseandensur
epr
opermai
ntenanceoft
he
Soci
ety
’sspor
ti
ngequi
pmentandf
aci
l
iti
es;

d)Or
gani
zeSpor
ti
ngact
ivi
ti
essuchast
heannual
int
erFacul
ty/
Depar
tment
al
f
oot
bal
l
,Vol
l
eyBal
l
,BasketBal
l
,Tabl
eTenni
scompet
it
ion,
etc;

e)Bet
hechai
rmanoft
heSpor
tsCommi
tt
eeoft
heSoci
ety
;

f
) Bet
her
epr
esent
ati
veoft
heFacul
tyatanySpor
tcommi
tt
eeev
entor
meet
ingbei
tUni
ver
sit
ies’
oranyot
herbody
;

g)Per
iodi
cal
l
yrel
easei
nfor
mat
iont
othest
udent
sont
hespor
ti
ngact
ivi
ti
es
oft
heFacul
ty;

h)Noti
nvol
vet
hemsel
veswi
tht
hei
nter
nal
mat
ter
soft
het
eam(
s).I
n
pur
suanceoft
his,
theappoi
ntment
/fi
ri
ngofal
lteam of
fi
cial
sshal
lbeby
t
het
eam(
s)pl
ayer
s,undert
hesuper
visi
onoft
heSpor
tsDi
rect
or;

i
) Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
oanypr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
per
for
m anyot
her
dut
iesconf
err
edonhi
m byt
heCECorar
esol
uti
onoft
heSRC.

(
8)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaFi
nanci
alSecr
etar
yandt
heyshal
l
:
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a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edSt
udentoft
heFacul
tyandUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)Ber
esponsi
blef
orpr
epar
ingt
hef
inanci
alr
ecor
d(s)oft
heSoci
ety
;

c)Pr
esentt
otheSRCev
erymont
hal
lrecei
ptsandpay
mentv
oucher
soft
he
Soci
ety
'st
ransact
ions.Fai
l
uret
odosowi
thi
nadequat
eti
mewoul
dlead
t
osuspensi
on;

d)Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
ce t
o anypr
ovi
sion oft
his const
it
uti
on,submi
tBank
st
atementandbal
ancesheett
otheAudi
tCommi
tt
eeoft
heSoci
etyat
l
eastsev
ent
y-t
wo(
72)hour
sbef
orepr
esent
ingsamet
otheSRC;

e)Per
for
m,f
ort
heSoci
ety
,ther
oleofat
reasur
erandensur
ethesaf
e-
keepi
ngoft
heSoci
ety
’sf
undsandf
inanci
alr
ecor
ds;

f
) Keepani
mpr
estaccountofN5,
000;

g)Gi
vef
inanci
aladv
icet
otheexecut
ivecounci
l
;

h)Att
her
equestoft
heSenat
e,pr
epar
eabal
ancesheetofal
lfi
nanci
al
t
ransact
ions per
for
med wi
th hi
s consentand pr
esentsame t
o al
l
member
soft
heSRCatl
eastt
wel
ve(
12)hour
sbef
oret
hesai
dSRCsi
tt
ing.
Fai
l
uret
odosowoul
dleadt
osuspensi
on:

i
. Wher
etheOf
fi
ceri
sunabl
etoper
for
m suchduet
ounf
oreseen
ci
rcumst
ances,hemusti
mmedi
atel
yrequestf
oranext
ensi
onof
t
imeonorbef
oresai
dSRCsi
tt
ing.

i
) Recor
dal
lfi
nanci
alt
ransact
ionsoft
hesoci
ety
;

j
)In col
l
abor
ati
on wi
th member
soft
heExecut
iveCounci
lpr
epar
eand
submi
tay
ear
lyorsemest
erbudgetpr
oposal
tot
heSRCf
orappr
oval
;

k)Pr
epar
eandsubmi
taf
inal
stat
ementofaccountt
otheAudi
tCommi
tt
ee;

l
) Per
for
m anyot
herdut
yasmaybeassi
gnedt
othem byt
hePr
esi
dent

(
9)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaPubl
i
cRel
ati
onOf
fi
cer(
PRO)andt
heyshal
l
:

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27
a)Bet
hei
mage-
makeroft
heSoci
ety
;

b)Bet
heEdi
tor
-i
n-Chi
efoft
heSoci
ety
’spubl
i
cat
ionBoar
d;

c)Ber
esponsi
blef
ort
hei
nter
nalandext
ernalpubl
i
cit
yoft
heSoci
ety
’s
act
ivi
ti
es;

d)Bet
heChai
rmanoft
hePr
essCommi
tt
ee;

e)Ber
esponsi
blef
ort
hePubl
i
cenl
i
ght
enmentofmember
soft
hesoci
ety
;

f
) Ber
esponsi
blef
oral
lpubl
i
cat
ionsandper
iodi
cal
soft
heSoci
ety
;

g)Di
schar
gehi
sdut
ieswi
tht
headv
iceoft
heexecut
ivecounci
l
;

h)Actast
heSoci
ety
’s'
Libr
ari
an;

i
) Per
for
m anyot
herdut
yconf
err
edonhi
m byt
heexecut
ivecounci
lora
r
esol
uti
onoft
heSRCandi
nci
dent
alt
otheof
fi
ce;

j
) Recei
ve,
synt
hesi
ze,
dissemi
nat
eandacquai
ntal
lmember
soft
hesoci
ety
wi
thnecessar
yinf
ormat
iononi
ssue(
s)di
rect
lyorot
her
wiseaf
fect
ing
t
hem;

k)Makepr
essst
atement
stocor
rectanyer
roneousi
mpr
essi
onhel
dbyany
per
sonorgr
oupofper
sonsagai
nstanymemberoft
heSoci
etyort
he
Soci
etyi
tsel
f;

(
10)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyanAssi
stantSpor
tsDi
rect
orandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edSt
udentoft
heFacul
tyandUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)Assi
stt
heSpor
tsDi
rect
ori
ntheper
for
manceoft
hei
rdut
iesandwher
e
t
heSpor
tsDi
rect
ori
sunav
ail
abl
e,st
andi
nforhi
m;

c)Per
for
m al
lot
herdut
iest
hatmaybeassi
gnedt
othem byt
heSpor
ts
Di
rect
or.

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(
11)
Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyanAssi
stantGener
alSecr
etar
yandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Beaf
ull
-t
imer
egi
ster
edst
udentoft
heFacul
tyandUni
ver
sit
yandaf
ull
memberofACULSS;

b)Wor
kincol
l
abor
ati
onwi
tht
heGener
alSecr
etar
yoft
heSoci
ety
;

c)Per
for
mthedut
iesoft
heGener
alSecr
etar
yoft
heSoci
etyi
ncaseoft
he
i
nfi
rmi
tyofbodyoractofmi
sconduct
;

d)Bet
hecust
odi
anoft
heSecr
etar
iat
;

e)Recommendt
othef
inanci
alsecr
etar
ythepur
chaseofnecessar
yit
em(
s)
t
otheSoci
ety
’ssecr
etar
iat
;

f
) Per
for
m anyot
herdut
yassi
gnedt
ohi
m byt
heGener
alSecr
etar
yorby
t
her
esol
uti
onoft
heexecut
ivecounci
lorSRC.

(
12)
Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyanAt
tor
neyGener
alandt
heyshal
l
:

a)Bet
hechi
efl
egal
adv
isert
otheexecut
ivecounci
l
;

b)I
fcal
l
edupon,r
epr
esentanymember
(s)oft
heExecut
iveandSt
udent
Repr
esent
ati
veCounci
li
nal
ll
egal
proceedi
ngsbef
oret
heJudi
cial
Counci
l
;

c)Beengagedi
nmootandmockpr
epar
ati
ons;

d)Beappoi
ntedbyt
hePr
esi
dent
,uponappr
oval
byt
heSRC;

e)Bef
rom 500l
evel
;

i
. Wher
ether
e's no candi
dat
efr
om t
hatl
evel
,the AG shal
lbe
appoi
ntedf
rom t
he400l
evel
.

SECTI
ON 17:
TENURE AND FORFEI
TURE OF SEAT AS A MEMBER OF THE
EXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L

(
1)TheEx
ecut
iveCounci
lshal
llastf
oronesessi
ononl
yandst
anddi
ssol
ved
af
teranewcounci
li
sswor
nin.

(
2)Subj
ectt
othepr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
anymemberoft
heExecut
ive

Counci
lshal
lhol
dhi
sof
fi
cet
il
l:
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a)Hi
ssuccessori
ntheof
fi
cet
akest
heoat
hoft
hatof
fi
ceaf
teragener
al
el
ect
ion;

b)Hedi
eswhi
l
ehol
dingsuchof
fi
ce;

c)Thedat
eofhi
sresi
gnat
ionf
rom suchof
fi
cet
akesef
fect
;

d)He ot
her
wise ceases t
o hol
d of
fi
ce undert
he pr
ovi
sion oft
he
const
it
uti
on.

SECTI
ON18:THEJUDI
CIALCOUNCI
L

(
1)Thej
udi
cial
power
soft
heSoci
etyshal
lbev
est
edi
ntheJudi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
2)Anyaggr
iev
edmemberoft
heLawSt
udent
’sSoci
etyshal
lhav
ethel
i
ber
tyt
o
seekr
eli
eforr
edr
essi
nCour
t.

(
3)Anyi
ssuenotbr
oughtbef
oret
heJudi
cialCounci
lwi
thi
n14-
weekday
sofi
ts
occur
renceshal
lel
apse,pr
ovi
dedt
heUni
ver
sit
yisi
nsessi
onandi
tisnota
br
eachoft
heConst
it
uti
on.

(
4)TheJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lbemadeupoft
heChi
efJust
ice,4ot
herJust
ices,
t
heCour
tCl
erk,
TheRegi
str
ar,
andt
heCour
tOr
der
ly.

(
5)Subj
ectt
osubsect
ion(
4)oft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
theChi
efJust
icehast
hepower
t
omaker
ulesf
ort
heJudi
cialCounci
landshal
lbeal
ongwi
tht
heSenat
e
Pr
esi
dentt
hecust
odi
anoft
heMootcour
tkey
;

(
6)Al
lof
fi
cial
soft
heJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lbenomi
nat
edbyt
heLaw St
udent
s
Judi
cial
Commi
tt
eeoft
heexecut
ivecounci
l
,subj
ectt
orat
if
icat
ionbyt
heSRC.

(
7)Accor
dingt
osect
ion15(
5),t
her
eshal
lbe2Just
icesf
rom 500-
lev
eland2
Just
icesf
rom t
he400l
evel
,andj
ust
icef
rom t
he300l
evel
.

(
8)The2appoi
ntedJust
icesf
rom 400l
evelshal
lcont
inuet
obeJust
icesoft
he
Judi
cial
Counci
lwheni
n500l
evel
,sav
eint
hef
oll
owi
ngci
rcumst
ances:

a)Wher
eanyoral
ldeci
det
odi
scont
inueasJust
icesoft
heJudi
cial
Counci
l
;

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b)Wher
eanyoral
lhav
ebeenf
oundgui
l
tyofanydi
sci
pli
nar
ymat
terwi
thi
n
t
heUni
ver
sit
y;

c)SuchJust
icest
hatmi
ghtchooset
ocont
inuei
ntheJudi
cialCounci
lshal
l
notbesubj
ectt
oappoi
ntmentorr
ati
fi
cat
ionasecondt
ime.

(
9)Any nomi
nee t
o t
he Judi
cial Counci
l shal
l hav
e adequat
e
knowl
edgeofsubst
ant
iveandpr
ocedur
all
aw.

(
10)
Nonomi
neet
otheJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lhol
danyel
ect
iveof
fi
cei
n
t
heUni
ver
sit
yatt
het
imeofnomi
nat
ionandi
sbar
redf
rom hol
ding
anysuchof
fi
cef
ort
hedur
ati
onofhi
stenur
easJust
iceoft
he
Judi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
11)
Alldul
yregi
ster
edunder
graduat
est
udent
soft
heFacul
tyofLaw,
Aj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
yshal
lbesubj
ectt
othej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
he
Judi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
12)
TheJudi
cial
Counci
lshal
lhav
ejur
isdi
cti
onov
ercasesi
nwhi
chany
oft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sinv
olv
ed:

a)Theconst
it
uti
onal
i
tyofanyl
egi
slat
ion,deci
sion,oract
ionst
akenbyt
he
SRCorCongr
ess;

b)Theconst
it
uti
onal
i
tyofanyact
ionordeci
siont
akenbyt
hePr
esi
dentor
ot
herof
fi
cer
soft
hesoci
etyoranyper
sonact
ingont
hei
rbehal
f;

c)Al
lcasesi
nvol
vi
ngt
hei
nter
pret
ati
onoft
hisconst
it
uti
on;

d)Subj
ectt
othepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,t
heJudi
cialCounci
lshal
l
det
ermi
neanyquest
ionsast
otheci
vi
lri
ghtandobl
i
gat
ionsi
nal
lci
vi
l
mat
ter
s

i
. Bet
weenmember
soft
heSoci
ety
;

i
i
. Bet
weent
heexecut
iveandt
hel
egi
slat
ure;

i
i
i. I
nterori
ntr
a-chambermat
ter
s;

i
v. Bet
weent
heSoci
etyandmember
(s)anot
hersoci
ety
;

(
13)
Thej
udgment
soft
heJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lbedel
i
ver
ed,gi
vent
othe
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par
ti
es,
andpast
edont
hesoci
ety
'snot
iceboar
d.

(
14)
Int
heper
for
manceofi
tsdut
ies,t
heJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lobser
veand
enf
orcet
hepr
inci
plesofnat
ural
just
ice,
equi
ty,
andgoodconsci
ence.

(
15)
TheJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lhav
ethepowert
ofor
mul
ateandenf
orcer
ules
t
hatwi
l
lgui
de i
ts pr
oceedi
ngs,pr
ovi
ded t
hatsuch r
ules ar
e not
i
nconsi
stentwi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

(
16)
Judgment
soft
heJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lbegi
venwi
thi
n5schoolday
s
af
terhear
ingont
hemat
ter
.

(
17)
TheJudi
cialCounci
lshal
lhav
ethepowert
o appoi
ntaTr
ansi
ti
onal
Commi
tt
eei
nasi
tuat
ionwher
etheSRCandort
heExecut
ivecounci
lhav
e
beendi
ssol
ved,
thatwoul
densur
ether
unni
ngoft
heSoci
ety
,pendi
ngt
he
t
imeanel
ect
ioni
shel
d.

SECTI
ON19:REMOVALOFJUDI
CIALOFFI
CERS

(
1)ForaJust
icet
ober
emov
ed.I
tmustbeont
hegr
oundsofgr
ossmi
sconduct
,
br
iber
y,f
raud,
oranygr
ossv
iol
ati
onoft
heConst
it
uti
on.

a)Fort
her
emov
alt
obeef
fect
ual
,apet
it
ionmustbewr
it
tent
otheSRCby
a st
udentoft
hef
acul
ty.TheSRC mustt
hen v
ote,bya t
wo-
thi
rds
maj
ori
ty,t
osendt
hemat
tert
oaSpeci
alCongr
essf
orat
ri
al,t
obe
pr
esi
dedov
erbyt
hePr
esi
dent
.TheCongr
essmustt
henv
ote,
bysi
mpl
e
maj
ori
ty,
fororagai
nstt
her
emov
aloft
hesai
dJust
ice.

b)Ot
herJudi
cialof
fi
cial
smayber
emov
edbyt
heChi
efJust
icei
ftheyar
e
f
oundgui
l
tyofder
eli
cti
onofdut
yorgr
ossmi
sconduct
.Suchr
emov
al
mustbeappr
ovedbyt
heSRCbyasi
mpl
emaj
ori
tyv
ote.

SECTI
ON20:CONGRESS

(
1)TheGener
alAssembl
yofal
lful
l
-ti
mest
udent
soft
hef
acul
tyshal
l
her
einber
efer
redt
oasCongr
ess.

(
2)Att
hecal
lforaCongr
ess,al
lact
ivi
ti
eswi
thi
ntheSoci
etyshal
lbeon
hol
dti
l
ltheendoft
heCongr
ess.

(
3)TheGener
alWel
far
eoft
hest
udent
sshal
ltakepr
e-emi
nenceont
he
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agendaf
orCongr
ess.

(
4)Congr
essshal
lhav
ethef
inalsayi
nal
lmat
ter
srel
ati
ngt
oLSS,
byt
he
pr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

(
5)Congr
essshal
lbesummonedatl
eastt
wicei
nasessi
on.

(
6)Theagendaoft
hemeet
ingshal
lbemadeknownt
otheFacul
ty
managementandal
lar
msoft
hegov
ernmentatl
east48hour
sbef
ore
t
hecommencementoft
hecongr
essandbepubl
i
shedonal
lnot
ice
boar
ds.

(
7)TheCongr
essshal
lbesummonedbyt
hePr
esi
dentandwher
ethey
f
ail
todoso,
theSenat
ePr
esi
dentact
ingont
her
esol
uti
onoft
heSRC
shal
ldoso.

(
8)Wher
ethePr
esi
denti
sav
ail
abl
ewhent
heycal
lfort
heCongr
ess,
they
shal
lpr
esi
deov
ert
hemeet
ing.

(
9)Wher
ethe Senat
e Pr
esi
denti
s av
ail
abl
e when t
heycal
lfort
he
Congr
ess,
theyshal
lpr
esi
deov
ert
hemeet
ing.

(
10)
All
deci
sionsshal
lbebysi
mpl
emaj
ori
tyv
ote.

(
11)
Aquor
um shal
lbemetwhenat
wo-
thi
rdsmaj
ori
tyoft
hest
udent
bodyi
spr
esentatt
heCongr
ess.

(
12)
Thedeci
sionofCongr
essshal
lbef
inal
.

SECTI
ON21:CHAMBERS

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hef
acul
ty,
fiv
e(5)chamber
s,namel
y:

a)Equi
tyChamber
;

b)HumanRi
ght
sChamber
;

c)Just
iceChamber
;

d)Li
ber
tyChamber
;

e)Vi
ctusChamber
.

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(
2)Thechamber
sshal
lhav
etheaut
onomyt
oconductt
hei
raf
fai
rssubj
ectt
othe
pr
ovi
sionsoft
heConst
it
uti
on.

(
3)Each chambershal
lbe ent
it
led t
o such y
ear
ly al
l
ocat
ion as deemed
r
easonabl
ebyt
heCent
ral
Execut
iveCounci
landr
ati
fi
edbyt
heSenat
e.

(
4)EachChamberhasar
ightt
ochangei
tsname.

a)Wher
eaChamberdeci
dest
oit
sname,
anot
iceofsuchchangemustbe
gi
vent
otheExecut
iveandt
heSenat
e.

(
5)Anychamberwhoseconductofaf
fai
rsi
sincompat
ibl
ewi
th anyoft
he
pr
ovi
sion(
s)oft
hisconst
it
uti
onand/
ort
heov
err
idi
ngpol
i
ciesoft
heSoci
ety
shal
lbe l
i
abl
eto sanct
ion deemed necessar
ybyt
he Execut
ive Counci
l
,
subj
ectt
other
ati
fi
cat
ionby2/
3maj
ori
tyoft
heSRC.

(
6)Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
oanyoft
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,nomemberof
t
hesoci
etyshal
lbeal
l
owedt
oappearbef
oret
heJudi
ciar
y,excepthei
sadul
y
r
egi
ster
edmemberofanyoft
hechamber
s.

CHAPTERI
II

COMMI
TTEES

SECTI
ON22:ESTABLI
SHMENTOFCOMMI
TTEES

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbe,
fort
hef
acul
ty,
thef
oll
owi
ngcommi
tt
ees:

a)Audi
tCommi
tt
ee;
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b)El
ect
oral
Commi
tt
ee;

c)MootandMockCommi
tt
ee;

d)Pr
essCommi
tt
ee;

e)Soci
alCommi
tt
ee;

f
) Spor
tsCommi
tt
ee;

g)Wel
far
eCommi
tt
ee;

h)Academi
cAf
fai
rsCommi
tt
ee.

(
2)Anyot
hercommi
tt
eeconst
it
utedshal
lbenul
l
ifi
ed,exceptsuch
commi
tt
eei
sconst
it
utedwi
tht
heappr
oval
oft
heSRC.

(
3)Nomemberoft
heSRC,
Execut
iveCounci
l
,andJudi
ciar
yshal
lbei
n
anyoft
hecommi
tt
eesexceptaspr
ovi
dedbyt
hisConst
it
uti
on.

SECTI
ON23:AUDI
TCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lbeappoi
ntedbyt
heSRC.

(
2)Thecommi
tt
eei
ssaddl
edwi
tht
her
esponsi
bil
i
tyofscr
uti
nizi
ngt
hepr
oposed
budgetoft
heSRC,Execut
ive,andJudi
cialCounci
laswel
last
hegener
al
f
inanci
alheal
thoft
heSoci
ety
.

(
3)I
npur
suanceof(
A)abov
e,t
hecommi
tt
eeshal
lhav
ethepowert
ocal
lfor
f
inanci
alst
atement
sofr
ecor
d oft
heSoci
etyt
hrough t
heSRC f
rom t
he
Fi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y,aswel
lashav
esuchpower
snecessar
il
yandr
easonabl
y
i
nci
dent
alt
otheper
for
manceofi
tsdut
y.

(
4)The commi
tt
ee shal
lrecei
ve al
lgi
ft
s and donat
ions f
rom t
he Fi
nanci
al
Secr
etar
y.

(
5)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lrecei
veal
lbudget
sandexami
net
hem bef
oref
orwar
ding
t
hem t
otheSRCf
orappr
oval
.

(
6)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
l
,ifnecessar
y,r
evi
ew ordr
aw upf
inanci
alexpensesf
or
t
hepar
li
ament
aryy
earpr
ovi
dedt
hatsuchf
inanci
alexpensesshal
lnott
ake
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35
ef
fectunt
ili
tisr
ati
fi
edbyt
heSRC.

(
7)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lconsi
stofatl
eastf
ive(
5)per
sons.

(
8)Ther
epor
t(s)oft
hecommi
tt
eeshal
lbesubmi
tt
edt
otheSRCf
ordel
i
ber
ati
on
andr
ati
fi
cat
ion.

SECTI
ON24:ELECTORALCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)TheEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eeshal
lcompr
iseof7member
s,wi
tht
womember
s
f
rom t
hehi
ghestl
evel
,thr
eemember
sfr
om t
hesecond-
highestl
evel
,andt
wo
member
sfr
om t
het
hir
d-hi
ghestl
evel
,pr
ovi
dedal
lmember
soft
hecommi
tt
ee
ar
eappoi
ntedbyt
heSRC.

(
2)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lbeappr
ovedwi
thi
nthef
ir
stf
ourweeksoft
heacademi
c
sessi
on.

(
3)TheEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eeshal
lbeheadedbyaChai
rmanf
rom t
hehi
ghest
l
evel
,el
ect
edbyt
heSRC.

(
4)Member
soft
heEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eemustnotbemember
soft
het
hreear
ms
of
gov
ernment
.

(
5)Thecommi
tt
ee,
shal
lfori
tsel
f,setgui
del
i
nest
hatwi
l
lgui
det
heconductofi
ts
member
s.

(
6)Ont
hepr
erogat
iveoft
heChai
rman,t
hecommi
tt
eeshal
lassi
gndut
iesand
r
olest
oeachmemberf
ort
hesmoot
hrunni
ngofaf
fai
rs.

(
7)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lor
gani
ze,conductandsuper
viseal
lgener
alel
ect
ions
andby
e-el
ect
ionsi
ntot
heExecut
iveCounci
landSt
udent
’sRepr
esent
ati
ve
Counci
l
.

(
8)By
e-el
ect
ionsshal
lbeconduct
edbyt
hecommi
tt
eei
nto anyv
acantpost
wi
thi
nar
easonabl
eti
me.

(
9)Thecommi
tt
ee shal
lber
esponsi
blef
ort
hesal
eoff
orms,scr
eeni
ng of
aspi
rant
s,andpubl
i
shi
ngt
hel
i
stofqual
i
fiedcandi
dat
esf
oranyel
ect
oral
posi
ti
on.

(
10)
Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lbeconst
it
uted wi
thi
nthef
ir
stf
ourweeksofeach

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36
sessi
onandst
anddi
ssol
vedatt
heendofeachsessi
on.

(
11)
Member
soft
hecommi
tt
eear
einel
i
gibl
etov
oteandbev
otedf
or.

(
12)
Member
s oft
he commi
tt
ee shal
lnotpubl
i
cly orpr
ivat
elysuppor
tany
el
ect
oral
aspi
rant
.

(
13)
Thecommi
tt
eei
stobef
undedbyt
heSoci
ety
,inaddi
ti
ont
opr
oceedsf
rom
t
hesal
eoff
orms.

(
14)
Commi
tt
eemember
sar
enott
ober
emuner
ated.

(
15)
Att
heendofeachsessi
on,af
inanci
alr
epor
tmustbemadet
otheSRCon
t
heexpensesi
ncur
redandmoni
esr
ecei
vedt
hroughoutt
hesessi
on.

(
16)
Thecommi
tt
eehast
hedi
scr
eti
ont
osett
hepr
icef
orel
ect
oral
for
ms.

SECTI
ON25:MOOTANDMOCKCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heSoci
etyaMootandMockCommi
tt
ee.

a)Thi
sCommi
tt
eeshal
lconsi
stoff
ivemember
swi
thi
tsChai
rmanbei
ng
appr
ovedbyt
heSRC,
subj
ectt
other
ecommendat
ionsofal
lHeadsof
Chamber
.

b)TheCommi
tt
eei
schar
gedwi
tht
her
esponsi
bil
i
tyofpl
anni
ngand
or
gani
zi
ngi
nter
-chamberandi
nter
-uni
ver
sit
ymootandmock
compet
it
ionsaswel
lasr
epr
esentt
heSoci
etyatanyi
nter
-uni
ver
sit
y
compet
it
ions.

(
2)I
nthei
nter
estoff
air
ness,
ther
ulesf
orcompet
it
ionsshal
lbesetoutpubl
i
cly
bef
oresuchcompet
it
ions.

(
3)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lnotmakeal
i
bel
ousst
atement
(s)aboutanyi
ndi
vi
dual
,
or
gani
zat
ion,
orassoci
ati
on.

SECTI
ON26:PRESSCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaPr
esscommi
tt
ee:

(
2)Thi
scommi
tt
eeshal
lbet
heEdi
tor
ial
Boar
doft
hesoci
ety
.

(
3)I
tshal
lpassacr
ossi
nfor
mat
iont
omember
soft
hesoci
ety
.
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37
(
4)ThePubl
i
cRel
ati
onsOf
fi
cershal
lbet
heChai
rmanoft
hiscommi
tt
ee.

(
5)Thi
sCommi
tt
eeshal
lconsi
stoff
iveper
sons;

SECTI
ON27:SOCI
ALCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lconsi
stoff
ivemember
swi
tht
heSoci
alDi
rect
orast
he
Chai
rman.

(
2)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lbeappr
ovedbyt
heSRCont
her
ecommendat
ionoft
he
Soci
alDi
rect
or.

(
3)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lar
rangef
oral
lsoci
alaswel
lascul
tur
alact
ivi
ti
esoft
he
f
acul
ty,
andshal
lassi
stt
heSoci
alDi
rect
ori
nthedi
schar
geoft
hei
rdut
ies.

(
4)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
heCommi
tt
eeaSecr
etar
ywhoshal
lfr
om t
imet
oti
megi
ve
t
her
epor
tsoft
hecommi
tt
eet
otheSRC.

(
5)Heshal
lbei
nchar
geofal
lcor
respondenceoft
hecommi
tt
ee.

SECTI
ON28:SPORTSCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaSpor
tsCommi
tt
ee.

(
2)The commi
tt
ee shal
lconsi
stofal
lteam capt
ains,and t
he Spor
ts
Di
rect
ors,
wit
htheSpor
tsDi
rect
orast
heChai
rman.

(
3)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lar
rangef
oral
lsor
tsofspor
ti
ngact
ivi
ti
esf
ort
he
member
soft
hef
acul
ty.

(
4)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lassi
stt
heSpor
tsdi
rect
ori
ntheef
fect
ivedi
schar
ge
oft
hei
rdut
ies.

SECTI
ON29:WELFARECOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyaWel
far
eCommi
tt
ee.

(
2)I
tshal
lbet
her
esponsi
bil
i
tyoft
hecommi
tt
eet
opl
anf
orway
sandmeans
ofpr
ocur
ingaheal
thyenv
ironmentoncampus.

(
3)I
tshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ordoi
ngsuchot
hert
hingst
hatar
ereasonabl
y
i
nci
dent
alt
othegoodoft
hest
udent
soft
hef
acul
ty.

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38
(
4)TheCommi
tt
eeshal
lseet
otheGener
alWel
far
emat
ter
soft
heent
ir
e
st
udent
soft
hef
acul
tyot
hert
hanacademi
c,spor
ts,andsoci
almat
ter
s
l
i
kecul
tur
aldi
spl
ay,
tradef
air
,andexhi
bit
ion.

(
5)TheCommi
tt
eeshal
lconsi
stof5member
s,whi
chshal
lcutacr
ossal
l
l
evel
s,wi
tht
heWel
far
eDi
rect
orast
heChai
rman.

(
6)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lassi
stt
heWel
far
eDi
rect
ori
nthedi
schar
geoft
hei
r
dut
ies.

SECTI
ON30:ACADEMI
CAFFAI
RSCOMMI
TTEE

(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyanAcademi
cAf
fai
rCommi
tt
ee.

(
2)Thi
s commi
tt
ee i
s saddl
ed wi
tht
he r
esponsi
bil
i
ty ofor
gani
zi
ng t
utor
ial
l
ect
ures,
symposi
a,andanyot
heracademi
c-r
elat
edev
ent
.

(
3)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lbeaheadbyt
heVi
cePr
esi
dentoft
heSoci
ety
.

(
4)Thecommi
tt
eeshal
lal
ongwi
tht
hemootandmockcommi
tt
eeor
gani
zea
mootandmockev
ent
.

CHAPTERI
V

FI
NANCI
ALSECTI
ON

SECTI
ON31:REVENUE

(
1)Rev
enuemayaccr
uet
oACULSSf
rom:

a)Duesf
rom st
udent
s,whi
chi
speggedatN5,
000;

b)Gi
ft
sandDonat
ionsf
rom member
sofPubl
i
c,Facul
tyorUni
ver
sit
y
St
affandSt
udent
s;

c)Pr
ofi
tsf
rom t
hesal
eoff
ormsdur
ingEl
ect
ion(
s).

(
2)Duesmayber
evi
ewed,pr
ovi
dedt
hatsuchr
evi
ew i
spassedbyasi
mpl
e
maj
ori
tyatCongr
essandi
sappr
ovedbyt
heDean,
Facul
tyofLaw.
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39
(
3)Al
lgi
ft
sanddonat
ionst
otheSoci
etymustber
egi
ster
edwi
tht
heAudi
t
Commi
tt
eewi
thi
n48hour
s.

SECTI
ON32:BUDGET&EXPENDI
TURE

1)A pr
( oposed y
ear
ly/
semest
erbudgeti
sto besubmi
tt
ed byt
heExecut
ive
Counci
ltot
heSRCf
orappr
oval
,nol
atert
han5weeksi
ntot
hesessi
onf
ora
y
ear
lybudgetandnol
atert
han3weeksi
ntot
hesemest
erf
orasemest
er
budget
.Fai
l
uret
osubmi
tshal
lbeani
mpeachabl
eof
fence.
2)Al
( lbudget
sar
etobesubmi
tt
edt
otheAudi
tCommi
tt
ee,whi
chwi
l
lthenbe
appr
ovedbyt
heSRCwi
thi
nsev
enschool
day
s.
3)The Ex
( ecut
ive Counci
lshal
lnotspend moneywi
thoutt
he budgetbei
ng
appr
ovedbyt
heSRC;i
tfol
l
owst
her
efor
ethatt
heExecut
iveCounci
lshal
lnot
spendmoneyout
sideanyappr
ovedbudget
.
4)TheEx
( ecut
iveCounci
lshal
lpr
ovi
deaLaw Weekbudgetbef
oret
heSRCat
l
east6weeksbef
oret
hepr
oposeddat
e,andi
tmustbeappr
ovedbyt
heSRC
bef
oret
hemoneyi
sspent
.
5)TheEx
( ecut
iveCounci
lshal
l
,ifneedbe,pr
epar
easuppl
ement
arybudget
,and
submi
tthesamet
otheSRCf
orappr
oval
.
6)Al
( lchequesandwi
thdr
awal
for
msshal
lbepr
epar
edbyt
heFi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y
and si
gned by t
he Pr
esi
dent
,the Fi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y,and t
he Gener
al
Secr
etar
y.
SECTI
ON33:FI
NANCI
ALCONTROL

(
1)Al
ldi
sbur
sementoft
heSoci
ety
’sf
undsshal
lbebyt
heExecut
iveCounci
l
.

(
2)Al
lexpendi
tur
eshal
lbeev
idencedi
nwr
it
ingandl
odgedwi
tht
heFi
nanci
al
Secr
etar
yoranymemberoft
heExecut
iveCounci
lact
ingi
nthatr
egar
d.

(
3)The Soci
ety
’s st
atementofaccountdul
yaut
hent
icat
ed byt
he Soci
ety
’s
banker
(s)shal
lbepr
esent
edt
otheSRC att
heendoft
het
enur
eoft
he
Execut
iveCounci
l
.

(
4)TheSoci
etyshal
lhav
eabankaccounti
nacommer
cialbank,oper
ati
ngi
nor
neart
heschool
campus.

(
5)Thesi
gnat
ori
est
otheaccountshal
lbet
hePr
esi
dent
,St
affAdv
iser
,and
Deput
ySenat
ePr
esi
dent
.

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40
CHAPTERV

ELECTORALMATTERS

SECTI
ON34:ELECTI
ONCONDUCT

(
1)Ev
erymemberoft
heSoci
etyshal
lhav
ether
ightt
ovot
eandbev
otedf
or,
exceptasot
her
wisest
atedi
nthi
sConst
it
uti
on.

(
2)Bar
ri
ng af
orcemaj
eur
e,t
her
eshal
lbeagener
alel
ect
ioni
nthesecond
semest
er,
notl
atert
hant
hreeweeksbef
oret
hest
artofexami
nat
ions.

(
3)Thecampai
gnper
iodshal
lbebet
ween10-
weekday
sto14-
weekday
s.

(
4)Wher
ether
eisasi
ngl
ecandi
dat
e,t
heyshal
lbedeemedel
ect
ed.

(
5)Wher
etwoormor
ecandi
dat
esar
evy
ingf
ort
hesamepost
,thewi
nnershal
l
bedet
ermi
nedbyasi
mpl
emaj
ori
tyv
ote.

(
6)Vot
ingshal
lonl
ybeal
l
owedupont
hepr
oduct
ionofaSt
udentI
dent
it
yCar
dor
anyot
hermeansofpr
oofofbei
ngamemberoft
heSoci
ety
.

(
7)Vot
ingshal
lbebysecr
etbal
l
ot.

(
8)Av
otershal
lti
ckormar
k‘X’
agai
nstt
hecandi
dat
eoft
hei
rchoi
ce.

(
9)Theel
ect
ionofpr
inci
palof
fi
cer
sint
otheSRCshal
lbehel
dnol
atert
han5
school
day
saf
tert
hegener
alel
ect
ion.

SECTI
ON35:ELI
GIBI
LITY

(
1)Tobeel
i
gibl
e,candi
dat
esmusthav
emadepay
mentf
or,and
submi
tt
edt
hei
rel
ect
oralf
orms,
andcompl
etedpay
mentoft
hei
r
LSSdues.

(
2)Anycandi
dat
ewhohasapendi
ngcasebef
oret
heUni
ver
sit
yand
Facul
tydi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
eeshal
lnotbeel
i
gibl
e.

(
3)Candi
dat
esv
yingf
oraposi
ti
oni
ntheExecut
iveCounci
lshal
l
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41
hav
eaCGPAof3.
0andabov
eona5-
poi
ntaggr
egat
e.Howev
er,
f
ort
heposi
ti
onsofPr
esi
dentandVi
ce-
Presi
dent
,candi
dat
es
musthav
eaCGPAof3.
30andabov
eona5-
poi
ntaggr
egat
e.

(
4)Candi
dat
esv
yingf
oraposi
ti
oni
ntheSRCshal
lhav
eaCGPAnot
l
esst
han2.
50ona5-
poi
ntaggr
egat
e.

(
5)St
udent
sin 200 l
evelonl
y,ar
e el
i
gibl
efort
he posi
ti
ons of
Assi
stantSpor
tsDi
rect
orandAssi
stantGener
al-
Secr
etar
y.

(
6)St
udent
sin300onl
y,ar
eel
i
gibl
efort
heposi
ti
onsofFi
nanci
al
Secr
etar
yandPubl
i
cRel
ati
onsOf
fi
cer(
PRO)
.

(
7)St
udent
sin400l
evelonl
y,ar
eel
i
gibl
efort
heposi
ti
onofVi
ce-
Pr
esi
dent
.

(
8)St
udent
sin500and400l
evelonl
y,ar
eel
i
gibl
efort
heposi
ti
ons
ofSpor
tsDi
rect
or,
Soci
alDi
rect
or.

(
9)St
udent
sin 500l
evelonl
y,ar
e el
i
gibl
efort
he posi
ti
on of
Pr
esi
dentandWel
far
eDi
rect
or.

(
10)
Student
sfr
om 400and500l
evelonl
y,canv
ief
ort
heposi
ti
on
ofGener
alSecr
etar
y.

SECTI
ON36:ELECTORALOFFENCES

(
1)Thef
oll
owi
ngar
eel
ect
oral
off
ences,
undert
hisConst
it
uti
on:

a)For
ger
yofr
esul
ts;

b)I
nti
midat
ionofv
oter
s;

c)Br
iber
y,ofof
fi
cial
sandv
oter
sal
i
ke;

d)Campai
gni
ngbef
oret
hebanoncampai
gni
ngi
sli
ft
ed;

e)Campai
gni
ngaf
tert
hebanoncampai
gni
ngi
sdecl
ared;

f
) Anyot
herof
fencet
hatEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eemaydecl
are,sol
ongas
t
heyar
enoti
nconsi
stentwi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisConst
it
uti
on;

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g)Not
icemaybegi
vent
otheEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eeonceanyoft
heabov
e-
l
i
stedof
fencesar
enot
iced;

h)Any candi
dat
efound gui
l
ty of t
he el
ect
oralof
fences shal
lbe
di
squal
i
fiedorr
emov
edf
rom of
fi
ce.

SECTI
[ ON37:ELECTI
ONPETI
TION

(
1)Candi
dat
esmaypet
it
iont
her
esul
tsoft
heel
ect
ionwi
thi
n3school
day
soft
heel
ect
ion.

(
2)Pet
it
ionsshal
lbemadet
otheJudi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
3)Candi
dat
esmayappealt
hedeci
sionoft
heJudi
cialCounci
ltoa
st
affadv
iser
.

SECTI
ON38:BYE-
ELECTI
ONS

(
1)The El
ect
oralCommi
tt
ee shal
lconduct by
e-el
ect
ions i
nthe f
oll
owi
ng
i
nst
ances:

a)Uponr
emov
alorr
esi
gnat
ionorv
acancyofamemberoft
heExecut
ive
Counci
l
;

b)Remov
alorr
esi
gnat
ionorv
acancyofamemberoft
heSRC;

c)Fornewl
y-
admi
tt
ed100l
evel
student
s,i
ntot
heSRC;

d)I
npur
suancet
o(A)i
i
i),t
hecur
rentSenat
ePr
esi
dentandt
heDeput
y
Senat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lbepr
esentatt
heby
e-el
ect
ionof100l
evel
student
s.

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CHAPTERV

ETHI
CSANDGOODCONDUCT

SECTI
ON39:RESPECTFORCOLLEAGUES

(
1)Asseni
ori
tyatt
hebari
srel
i
giousl
yobser
vedandcount
sforanor
derof
pr
ecedencef
ormanypur
poses,member
soft
hesoci
etyshal
lshowcour
tesy
t
omember
sofaseni
orcl
assandmember
sofaseni
orcl
assshal
lconduct
t
hemsel
vescr
edi
tabl
yint
hei
rdeal
i
ngswi
thmember
sofaj
uni
orcl
ass.

(
2)Anymemberoft
hesoci
etywhof
eel
saggr
iev
edbyt
heconductofanot
her
membershal
li
nst
it
uteanaggr
iev
edact
ionbef
oret
heJudi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
3)Wher
eanof
fi
ceri
saggr
iev
edbyt
heconductofanot
herof
fi
cer
,heshal
lfi
l
ea
pet
it
iont
otheSRCf
orr
econci
l
iat
oryact
ionst
obecar
ri
edout
.

SECTI
ON40:ETHI
CS

(
1)Ev
erymemberoft
heSoci
etyshal
lbeofgoodconductatal
lti
mesand
pl
acesandshal
ldonot
hingl
i
kel
ytobr
ingt
heSoci
etyi
ntodi
sput
e,r
idi
cul
e,or
cont
empt
.

(
2)Anyof
fi
ceroft
heSoci
etyshal
lnothol
danyot
herof
fi
cei
nanyoft
hebodi
es
r
ecogni
zedundert
hisconst
it
uti
ondur
ingt
hei
rtenur
e.

(
3)Noof
fi
ceroft
heSoci
etyshal
lputhi
msel
finaposi
ti
onwher
ehi
sint
erest
(s)
mayconf
li
ctwi
tht
hei
rdut
iesandr
esponsi
bil
i
ties.

(
4)Anymemberoft
hesoci
etywhoi
sfoundwant
ingofanyi
l
legalactwhat
soev
er
shal
lbepenal
i
zedbyt
hesoci
etyt
hroughi
tsDi
sci
pli
nar
yCommi
tt
ee.

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a)Subj
ectt
o subsect
ion (
4),t
his di
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee shal
lbe setup
i
mmedi
atel
ybyt
heSRC;
b)Member
soft
hiscommi
tt
eeshal
lconst
it
ute(
5)per
sonsofwhi
ch t
he
Soci
eti
esSt
affAdv
isershal
lbet
heChai
rman.

CHAPTERVI
I

PROCEDURE

SECTI
ON41:AMENDMENTPROCEDURE

(
1)No par
toft
hisConst
it
uti
onshal
lbeamended,sav
ebyt
he
pr
ovi
sionsoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.

(
2)Al
lpr
oposal
sforamendmentoft
his const
it
uti
onshal
lbei
n
wr
it
ingt
otheSTUDENTS’
REPRESENTATI
VECOUNCI
L(SRC)
.

(
3)Ont
her
ecei
ptofsuchapr
oposal
,theSRCshal
ldel
i
ber
ateoni
t
andof
feri
tsr
ecommendat
ions.

(
4)Ther
ecommendat
ionsshal
lther
eaf
terbev
otedonandmust
passwi
that
wo-
thi
rdsmaj
ori
ty,
oft
heSRC.

(
5)TheConst
it
uti
onalpr
ovi
sion(
s)i
n quest
ion shal
lbedeemed
amended when such r
ecommendat
ions ar
e accept
ed by a
si
mpl
emaj
ori
tyatadul
y-
const
it
utedCongr
ess.

SECTI
ON42:I
MPEACHMENTPROCEDURE

(
1)Thi
ssect
ioncont
ainst
hepr
ocessofi
mpeachmentf
ort
heof
fi
ce
ofbot
hthePr
esi
dentandt
heVi
ce-
Presi
dentoft
heSoci
ety
.
Theyshal
lber
emov
edby
:

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St
ep1

a)A not
ice of any al
l
egat
ion i
n wr
it
ing al
l
egi
ng gr
oss
mi
sconduct
ofei
thert
he Pr
esi
dentort
he Vi
ce-
Presi
dent
.
Thi
snot
icemustbesi
gnedbynotl
esst
hanone-
thi
rdoft
he
member
soft
heSt
udent
sRepr
esent
ati
veCounci
lwhi
chi
sto
bepr
esent
edt
otheSenat
ePr
esi
dent
.

Gr
b)‘ ossmi
sconducti
sdef
inedbyt
heconst
it
uti
onas"
agr
ave
v
iol
ati
onorbr
eachoft
hepr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
onora
mi
sconductofsuchnat
ureasamount
sint
heopi
nionoft
he
senat
etomeangr
ossmi
sconduct
.

St
ep2

c)TheSenat
ePr
esi
dentshal
lwi
thi
n3day
sofr
ecei
ptser
vet
he
al
l
egedandeachmemberoft
heCounci
lacopyoft
henot
ice
ofal
l
egat
ion.

d)Theal
l
egedhasar
ightofr
epl
y,andany
stat
ementmadei
n
r
epl
ytot
heal
l
egat
ionmustbeser
vedoneachmemberof
t
heSenat
e.

St
ep3

e)Within4day sofpr esentationof noti


cet otheSenat ePr esi
dent( whetheror
notast atementofr eplywasmadei nr egardst othenot i
ce),theSenate
shallresol vebymot ionwi t
houtanydebat ewhet herornott heallegat
ion
shallbei nv esti
gated.Thi smot ionneedst obepassedbyatl easttwo-
thi
rdsmaj or i
tyofal lmember soft heSenat e.
f)Ifthemot ionfailstor eacht herequiredmaj or i
ty ,
thepr ocessi mmedi ately
stops, andnof urtheractionwi llbetaken.Howev er,ifther equir
edmaj ority
i
sobt ainedandt hemot i
oni spassed, theSenat ePr esidentwi ll
thenwi t
hin
3day sofpassi ngt hemot i
on, appointapanel offiv
eper sonswhom i nhi s
opinionar eofunquest i
onabl eintegr
itytoinv est i
gatet heal l
egati
ons(the
all
egedhasar ighttodef endhi msel finper sonandber epresentedbef ore
thepanelbyamemberoft hesoci ety)andr equestt heChi efJust i
ceoft he
Facultyt ochai rthepanel .Themember soft hepanel cannotbemember s
ofanySenat e,theExecut ive,fr
iendswi ththeper sonbei ngimpeached
excepti fsuchi saj ustper son.

St
ep4

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g)Wher et hepanel reportsthatt
heallegati
onhasnotbeenpr oven,therewil
l
benof urtheraction.Howev er
,ift
her epor
tisthattheall
egati
onagai nst
theal l
egedhasbeenpr oved,t
hent heSenatewillconsi
derther eportanda
resoluti
onf ortheadoptionofthereportshall
bemov ed.
h)Fort her esoluti
ont obeadopted,i
tmustbesuppor tedbynotl essthantwo
-thi
rdsmaj orit
yoft heSenate.
Onceadopt edtheallegedshall
st and
remov edf rom of f
iceasf r
om thedateoftheadopt ionoft
her eport.

(
2)Wher
ethesest
epsar
enotf
oll
owed,member
soft
hesoci
etyshal
ltaket
he
pr
ocedur
etocour
tandt
hej
udi
cialcounci
loft
hef
acul
tyshal
ldeci
det
he
mat
ter
.

CHAPTERVI
II

MI
SCELLANEOUS

SECTI
ON43:HONOURSANDAWARDS

(
1)TheExecut
iveCounci
lshal
lhonourdeser
vingmember
soft
heSoci
etywho
hav
emadesi
gni
fi
edcont
ri
but
ionst
owar
dst
heachi
evementoft
heObj
ect
ives
oft
heSoci
ety
.

SECTI
ON44:CERTI
FICATEOFOFFI
CE

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(
1)Ther
eshal
lbef
ort
hesoci
etyani
ssuanceofaCer
ti
fi
cat
eofOf
fi
ce.

(
2)SuchCer
ti
fi
cat
esshal
lbei
ssuedt
oOf
fi
cer
soft
heExecut
ive,SRC,andt
he
Judi
cial
Counci
l
.

(
3)Ther
eshal
lbet
hreesi
gnat
ori
est
othecer
ti
fi
cat
e;t
hePr
esi
dent
,theSenat
e
Pr
esi
dent
,andt
heGener
alSecr
etar
yoft
heSoci
ety
.

(
4)Thi
scer
ti
fi
cat
eshal
lbegi
venatt
heendofeachOf
fi
cer
’st
enur
e.

a)Wher
ethe t
enur
e ofany Of
fi
ceri
s bei
ng Pr
obed,t
his cer
ti
fi
cat
e
becomesv
oidabl
eti
l
lpr
ovengui
l
ty.

b)Wher
eaPr
obei
songoi
ng,anof
fi
ciall
ett
ermustbesentoutt
opar
ti
es
i
nvol
ved24hour
sfr
om t
hei
nst
it
uti
onoft
hePr
obi
ngCommi
tt
ee.

SECTI
ON45:SWEARI
NG-
INOFOFFI
CERS

(
1)Anyel
ect
edof
fi
cialorappoi
nteet
oanof
fi
ceshal
ltaket
heOat
hofof
fi
ce
bef
oreassumi
ngsuchof
fi
ce.

(
2)Member
sshal
lbeswor
ninasher
eunderpr
escr
ibed;

a)Member
soft
heExecut
iveCounci
lbyt
heDeanort
heSub-
Dean;

b)TheSenat
ePr
esi
dentbyt
heExecut
ivePr
esi
dent
;

c)Member
soft
heSRCbyt
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
;

d)Chi
efJust
icebyt
hePr
esi
dent
;

e)Ot
herj
udi
cial
off
ici
alsbyt
heChi
efJust
ice;

f
) Member
sofanycommi
tt
eeconst
it
utedbyt
heExecut
iveCounci
lshal
lbe
swor
ninbyt
hePr
esi
dent
;

g)Member
sofanycommi
tt
eeconst
it
utedbyt
heSRCshal
lbeswor
ninby
t
heSenat
ePr
esi
dent
.

(
3)TheChai
rmanoft
heEl
ect
oralCommi
tt
eehast
hedi
scr
eti
ont
opi
ckadat
efor
t
heswear
ing-
inofel
ect
edof
fi
cial
sandappoi
ntees.

(
4)Copi
esoft
heoat
hofof
fi
cemustbepr
int
edandassent
edt
o,bynewl
yel
ect
ed
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of
fi
cer
soft
hesoci
ety
.Forpr
operdocument
ati
on.

SECTI
ON46:OATHOFOFFI
CE

OATHOFOFFI
CEOFANEXECUTI
VEOFFI
CER

I
,……………….dosol
emnl
ysweart
hatas(
stat
eof
fi
ce)………………Iwi
l
ldi
schar
ge
mydut
iest
othebestofmyabi
l
ity
,fai
thf
ull
yandpert
heconst
it
uti
onofAj
ayi
Cr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
y,LawSt
udent
s'Soci
ety
;thatIwi
l
lnotal
l
owmyi
nter
estt
o
i
nfl
uencemyof
fi
cialconductordeci
sions;t
hatIwi
l
ldor
ightt
oal
lmannerof
peopl
ewi
thoutf
earorf
avour
,af
fect
ionori
l
l-wi
l
l;t
hatIwi
l
lnotcommuni
cat
e
orr
eveal
dir
ect
lyorot
her
wiset
oanyper
sonanymat
terwhi
chshal
lbebr
ought
undermyconsi
der
ati
on orshal
lbecome known t
o meas(
stat
e of
fi
ce)
…………………exceptasmayber
equi
redf
ort
heduedi
schar
geofmydut
iesas
(
stat
eof
fi
ce)…………….So,
hel
pme,
God.

Oat
hsadmi
nist
eredby Decl
arant
:

Ful
lname:
…………………. Ful
lname:
…………………

Si
gn:
……………………… Si
gn:
………………………

Dat
e:………………………. Dat
e:……………………….

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OATHOFOFFI
CEOFANSRCMEMBER

I
,……………….dosol
emnl
ysweart
hatasamemberoft
heSenat
e………………Iwi
l
l
di
schar
ge my dut
ies t
othe bestofmy abi
l
ity
,fai
thf
ull
y and pert
he
const
it
uti
onofAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
y,LawSt
udent
s'Soci
etyandt
her
ules
oft
heSenat
e;t
hatIwi
l
lnotal
l
owmyi
nter
estt
oinf
luencemyof
fi
cialconduct
ordeci
sions;t
hatIwi
l
ldor
ightt
oal
lmannerofpeopl
ewi
thoutf
earorf
avour
,
af
fect
ionori
l
l-wi
l
l;t
hatIwi
l
lnotcommuni
cat
eorr
evealdi
rect
lyorot
her
wise
t
oanyper
sonanymat
terwhi
chshal
lbebr
oughtundermyconsi
der
ati
onor
shal
lbecomeknownt
omeasanHonor
abl
e………………… exceptasmaybe
r
equi
redf
ort
heduedi
schar
geofmydut
iesasanHonor
abl
e…………….

So,
hel
pme,
God.

Oat
hsadmi
nist
eredby Decl
arant
:

Ful
lname:
…………………. Ful
lname:
…………………

Si
gn:
……………………… Si
gn:
………………………

Dat
e:………………………. Dat
e:……………………….

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OATHOFOFFI
CEOFTHEJUDI
CIALCOUNCI
L

I
,……………….dosol
emnl
ysweart
hatasChi
efJudge/JudgeofLaw St
udent
s
Soci
ety ………………Iwi
l
ldi
schar
gemydut
iest
othebestofmyabi
l
ity
,honest
ly,
f
ait
hful
l
yandpert
heconst
it
uti
onofAj
ayiCr
owt
herUni
ver
sit
y,LawSt
udent
s'
Soci
ety
;thatIwi
l
lnotal
l
ow myi
nter
estt
oinf
luencemyof
fi
cialconductor
deci
si
ons;t
hatIwi
l
ldor
ightt
oal
lmannerofpeopl
ewi
thoutf
earorf
avour
,
af
fect
ionori
l
l-wi
l
l;
thatIwi
l
lnotcommuni
cat
eorr
eveal
dir
ect
lyorot
her
wiset
o
anyper
sonanymat
terbr
oughtbef
oremycour
tforconsi
der
ati
onorknownt
o
measChi
efJudge/JudgeofLawSt
udent
sSoci
ety…………………exceptasmay
ber
equi
redf
ort
heduedi
schar
geofmydut
iesasChi
efJudge/JudgeofLaw
St
udent
sSoci
ety…………….

So,
hel
pme,
God.

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Oat
hsadmi
nist
eredby Decl
arant
:

Ful
lname:
…………………. Ful
lname:
…………………

Si
gn:
……………………… Si
gn:
………………………

Dat
e:………………………. Dat
e:……………………….

THI
SCONSTI ONSHALLBEENFORCEDONTHE10thdayofJune,
TUTI 2021

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Si
gn:
……………………… Si
gn:
………………………

Dami
l
areEy
itay
o, Pet
erDuke,

ACULSSPr
esi
dent2020/
2021 Senat
e Pr
esi
dent
2020/
2021

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