### Hong Kong Baptist University Ordinance 《香港浸會大學條例》

16. Meetings and procedure of the Council
(1) Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places as the Chairman may appoint. (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 20)
(2) (Repealed 93 of 1994 s. 20)(3) One half of the members for the time being holding office shall form a quorum at a meeting of the Council. (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 20)
(4) (a) If a member has an interest in any matter to be considered at a meeting of the Council and is present at such meeting, he shall as soon as possible after the commencement of the meeting state the fact and the nature of the interest and shall, if required by the Council, withdraw while the matter is considered and in any case shall not vote thereon.
(b) In this subsection interest (利害關係) includes a pecuniary interest.
(5) A meeting of the Council may be adjourned by the Chairman or person presiding, or, where the Council so resolves, by the Council.
(6) Subject to this Ordinance, the Council may determine its own procedure. (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 20)
(7) The President for the time being of the University’s Student Union is not entitled to participate in considering the appointment, promotion or personal affairs of individual officers, teachers and other staff members or the admission or academic assessment of individual students. (Added 93 of 1994 s. 20)

17. Transaction of business by circulation of papers
The Council may transact any of its business by circulation of papers, and unless 5 members in writing request the Chairman to refer any particular item of the business being transacted to the next meeting of the Council a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of the members shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Council.

### Hong Kong Baptist University Ordinance 《香港浸會大學條例》

18. Committees generally
(1) The Council may create and appoint such committees for any general or special purposes as it thinks fit and any such committee may consist partly of persons who are not members of the Council.
(2) The Chairman of any committee appointed under subsection (1) shall be appointed by the Council from among the members of the Council.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Council may in writing, with or without restrictions or conditions as it thinks fit, delegate any of its powers and duties to any committee appointed under subsection (1).
(4) The Council shall not delegate to any committee appointed under subsection (1) the power—
(a) to approve the terms and conditions of service of persons in the employment of the University; (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 21)
(b) to approve the programme and estimates required to be submitted under section 24;
(c) to authorize the preparation of the statements required under section 25(2);
(d) to make statutes under section 30. (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 21)
(5) Subject to any statutes made under section 30, each committee may determine its own procedure at its meetings. (Amended 93 of 1994 s. 21)

19. Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) Chairman (主席) means the Chairman of the Council;
(b) Deputy Chairman (副主席) means the Deputy Chairman of the Council;
(c) member (成員) means a member of the Council.

20. Appointment of President and Vice-Chancellor, etc.
(1) The Council shall appoint a President and Vice-Chancellor who is the principal academic and administrative officer of the University.
(2) The Council shall appoint 1 or more Vice-Presidents to assist the President and Vice-Chancellor.
(3) The Council may appoint teachers, administrators and other employees of the University as the Council thinks fit.
(4) The Council may appoint a person to act as President and Vice-Chancellor during the absence or incapacity of the President and Vice-Chancellor or if the office is vacant for any reason.
(Replaced 93 of 1994 s. 23)

### Hong Kong Baptist University Ordinance 《香港浸會大學條例》

21. Power of the Council to delegate to the President and Vice-Chancellor
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council may in writing, with or without restrictions or conditions as it thinks fit, delegate to the President and Vice-Chancellor any of its powers and duties.
(2) The Council shall not delegate to the President and Vice-Chancellor the power to—
(a) approve terms and conditions of service of persons in the employment of the University;
(b) approve the programme and estimates required to be submitted under section 24;
(c) authorize the preparation of the statements required under section 25(2);
(d) make statutes under section 30.
(Amended 93 of 1994 s. 24)

22. Power of the President and Vice-Chancellor to delegate
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the President and Vice-Chancellor may in writing, with or without restrictions or conditions as he thinks fit, delegate, to such person or committee of persons as he thinks fit, his powers and duties, including any power or duty of the Council delegated to him under section 21.
(2) The power conferred by this section on the President and Vice-Chancellor to delegate any power or duty of the Council delegated to him under section 21, and the exercise by any person or committee of persons of any such power or duty delegated by the President and Vice-Chancellor under this section, shall be subject to any restriction or condition imposed in respect thereof by the Council under section 21.
(Amended 93 of 1994 s. 25)

23. Senate
(1) There is established a Senate, which is the supreme academic body of the University, to—
(a) review and develop academic programmes;
(b) direct and regulate teaching and research conducted at the University;
(c) regulate the admission of persons to approved courses of study and their attendance at the courses;
(d) conduct examinations leading to the conferring of degrees and academic awards of the University.
(2) The Council may make statutes to set out the membership, procedure, powers and duties of the Senate.
(Replaced 93 of 1994 s. 27)

23A. Faculties and schools
(1) The Council may constitute faculties and schools on the recommendation of the Senate.
(2) A faculty and a school each have a board with the membership, powers and procedure set out in the statutes.
(Added 93 of 1994 s. 28)