LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

    3.    Establishment of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

    4.    Membership of the University

    5.    Aims and objectives of the University

    6.    Powers of the University

PART III
THE COUNCIL

    7.    Establishment and incorporation of the Council

    8.    Composition of the Council

    9.    Functions and powers of the Council

    10.    Vacancies on the Council

    11.    Meetings and procedures of the Council

    12.    Common Seal of the Council

PART IV
OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY

    13.    Chancellor

    14.    Vice-Chancellor

    15.    Deputy Vice-Chancellors

    16.    Registrar

    17.    Director of Finance

    18.    Librarian

PART V
THE SENATE

    19.    The Senate

    20.    Functions and powers of the Senate

    21.    Meetings of the Senate

    22.    Invited persons

PART VI
FACULTIES, CENTRES, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES

    23.    Faculties, Centres, Schools, Colleges and Institutes

    24.    Deans

    25.    Head of Department

    26.    Directors

    27.    Composition of Faculties and Departments

    28.    Faculty Board

    29.    Composition of Centres, Schools, Colleges and Institutes

PART VII
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

    30.    Funds and property of the University

    31.    Compliance with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act

    32.    Audit of Accounts

    33.    Accounts and funds

    34.    Borrowings

PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

    35.    The Statutes

    36.    Amendment of the Statutes

    37.    Senate Regulations

    38.    Service of process and other documents on the Council

PART IX
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

    39.    Saving of existing programmes, students’ powers and rights

    40.    Transfer of assets and liabilities

    41.    Transfer of employees

        SCHEDULE

22 of 2011
2 of 2016
G.N. 3/2012

    An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources; for the conduct and management of the University; and for matters incidental to and connected therewith

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “Academic Department” means an Academic Department within the University under a Faculty constituted under section 27;

    “Academic staff” means all persons for the time being holding appointments, whether on full time or part time basis, under contract with the Council, as professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, lecturers, assistant lecturers, adjunct staff, instructors or demonstrators of the University, including those whose conditions of service contain the obligation to undertake research and the senior professional staff of the library, or any other post declared by the Senate by category or title to be an academic post;

“Administrative staff’ means all persons for the time being holding appointments, whether on full time or part time basis, under contract with the Council, in the administration of the affairs of the University;

    “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council appointed pursuant to section 8;

    “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University;

    “Clerical, Technical and Support Staff (CTS)” means all persons for the time being holding appointments whether on full time or part time basis under Contract with the University Management in the execution of assigned duties;

    “College, Centre, School or Institute” means a College Centre, School or Institute respectively within the University, established under section 23;

    “Committee” includes a sub-committee;

    “Council” means the Council of the University established under section 7;

    “Dean” means the Dean of a Faculty or School and includes any other Dean that the Council may decide to appoint under the Statutes pursuant to section 24 and shall exercise Executive powers;

    “Deputy Vice-Chancellors” means the Deputy Vice-Chancellors for Academic and Planning, Research and Development and Administration and Finance Affairs appointed pursuant to section 15;

    “Director of Finance” means the Director of Finance and appointed pursuant to section 17;

    “Faculty” means a Faculty within the University established under section 23;

    “Financial year” means the period commencing on the date of commencement of this Act and ending on the 30th of June next following the commencement date and thereafter the period of twelve months ending on 30th June, in each year;

    “Head of Department” means the Head of Department appointed pursuant to section 26;

    “Librarian” means the Librarian of the University appointed pursuant to section 18;

    “Organization” means any company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, but does not include any association or body established or incorporated under this Act;

    “property of the University” means any property, intellectual, real or personal, of every description, vested…