By-law Number 2
being a by-law to repeal By-law No. 1 and to regulate
generally the exercise of the powers of the Governing Council and the calling
and conduct of its meetings.
BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a By-law of the Governing
Council of the University of Toronto as follows:
Interpretation
Interpretation
1. (a) In this By-law and in all other By-laws and
resolutions of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, unless the
context otherwise requires, words and expressions have the same meaning as
defined in The University of Toronto Act, 1971, as amended, and, unless
superseded thereby, in The University of Toronto Act, 1947, as amended.
(b) References in this By-law and in all other
By-laws and resolutions of the Council to The University of Toronto Act, 1971,
as amended shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean and include that
Act and any amendments thereto from time to time or any act that may hereafter
be substituted therefor.
(c) The marginal notes and headings in the body
of this By-law do not form part hereof and are inserted for convenience of
reference only.
Execution of Documents
Seal
2. The seal an impression whereof is stamped
in the margin hereof shall be the corporate seal of the Governing Council. It
shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Council or such other person as
the Council may from time to time designate.
Authority to execute documents
3. (a) Any contract, document or instrument in
writing requiring execution under seal on behalf of the Governing Council may
be signed by one of:
the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or Acting Chairman of
the Council or the President,
together with one of:
the Secretary or Deputy Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Council,
and all contracts, documents and
instruments in writing so signed under seal shall be binding upon the Council,
without further authorization or formality.
Appointment of others to sign documents
(b) The Council may from time to time by
resolution appoint any officer or officers or any person or persons on behalf
of the Council either to sign contracts, documents or instruments in writing
generally or to sign specific classes of contracts, documents or instruments in
writing or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments in writing.
The corporate seal of the Council may,
when required, be affixed to contracts, documents or instruments in writing
signed as aforesaid or by any officer or officers, person or persons appointed
as aforesaid by resolution of the Council.
Definition
(c) The term “contracts, documents or
instruments in writing” as used herein shall include deeds, mortgages,
hypothecs, charges, conveyances, transfers and assignments of property, real or
personal, immovable or movable, agreements, releases, receipts and discharges
for the payment of money or other obligations, conveyances, transfers and
assignments of shares, bonds, debentures or other securities and all paper
writings.
Debentures
(d) Without limiting the provisions of clauses
(a) and (b) of this section, any interim or definitive debenture issued by the
Council shall be under the corporate seal of the Council and shall be signed by
the President or the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or Acting Chairman of the
Council or any member of the Council designated for the purpose by the Council,
and by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Council or any member of the Council designated for the purpose, and the
interest coupons attached to any such debenture may be signed by the Secretary
or Deputy Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Council or any member of
the Council designated for the purpose by the Council. The signature of any
person designated to sign any interim or definitive debenture or interest coupons
as aforesaid may be engraved, lithographed, printed or otherwise reproduced
mechanically and any such engraved, lithographed, printed or otherwise
mechanically reproduced signature shall be deemed for all purposes the
signature of such person and shall be binding upon the Council. The said
signatures shall be signatures of the persons holding office or designated as
aforesaid at the time of the signature of any such interim or definitive
debenture or interest coupons respectively and notwithstanding any change in
any of the persons holding the said offices or so designated between the time
of signature and the date of delivery thereof, such interim or definitive
debentures and interest coupons so signed shall be valid and binding upon the
Council.
Signature of cheques, etc.
(e) All cheques, drafts or orders for the
payment of money and all notes, acceptances and bills of exchange shall be
signed by such officer or officers or other person or persons in such manner as
the Council may from time to time designate by resolution; except that where
any imprest expenditure bank account is maintained under the authority of the
Council,
(i) the limit of funds to be deposited therein;
(ii) the procedure for the replenishment thereof; and
(iii) the person or persons authorized to sign cheques,
drafts or orders for the payment of money in respect of such account,
may be determined by such officer or
officers or other person or persons as the Council may from time to time
designate by resolution.
Facsimile signatures on cheques, etc.
(f) The Council may from time to time by
resolution provide that the signatures of the officer or officers or other
person or persons designated to sign cheques, drafts, orders for the payment of
money, notes, acceptances and bills of exchange may be reproduced thereon in
facsimile form as provided in such resolution.
Custody and use of mechanical means of reproducing signatures
(g) The Council shall provide for the proper
custody and use of any such mechanical means of reproduction of signatures and
any such use shall be first authorized by the signatory.
Financial year
4. The Governing Council shall by resolution
determine the date on which its financial year shall end and may from time to
time by resolution change such date.
Academic seal
5. (a) The seal an impression whereof is stamped in
the margin hereof shall be the seal of the University for academic purposes. It
shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Governing Council or such other
person as the Council may from time to time designate.
Authority to execute documents under academic seal
(b) Any diplomas, documents or instruments in
writing requiring execution under the academic seal on behalf of the University
shall be signed by one of:
the Secretary or Deputy Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Council,
and by at least one of:
the Chancellor or the President,
and any diploma, document or instrument in
writing given under seal and signed as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been
given under the academic authority of the University, without further
authorization or formality. Such diplomas, documents or instruments in writing
given under the academic seal and signed as aforesaid may bear in addition the
signature of the Head of a College, Dean of a Faculty or School or Director or
Head of a Division or Institute of the University, as may be deemed appropriate
by the Council.
Mechanical reproduction of signatures
(c) The signatures of the Chancellor, the
President and the Secretary or Deputy Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Council may be engraved, lithographed, printed, stamped or otherwise reproduced
mechanically on any document or instrument in writing executed under the
academic seal of the University.
Includes signature of Deans, Directors
(d) The signatures of the Deans, Directors and
other Heads of the Colleges, Faculties, Schools, Divisions and Institutes may
likewise be engraved, lithographed, printed, stamped or otherwise reproduced
mechanically on any document or instrument in writing executed under the
academic seal of the University.
Custody and use
(e) The Secretary of the Governing Council is
responsible for the proper custody and use of any such mechanical means of
reproduction of signatures and any such use shall be first authorized by the
signatory.
Duties of Officers
Chairman to preside at meetings of Council
6. The Chairman of the Governing Council shall
preside at all meetings of the Council, but if both the Chairman and the
Vice-Chairman be absent, the Council shall elect a Presiding Officer pro
tempore for that meeting from among such of the members appointed by the
Lieutenant Governor in Council as are present. Such election shall be decided
by a majority of the members of the Council present and voting.
Duties of Vice-Chairman
7. The Vice-Chairman shall carry out such
duties as may at any time and from time to time be assigned by the Chairman. If
the Chairman be temporarily absent or unable to act, the Vice-Chairman shall
have and exercise all the powers of the Chairman as prescribed by The
University of Toronto Act, 1971, as amended, and by the By-laws of the
Governing Council.
Secretariat
8. The Governing Council shall appoint a
Secretary of the Council and may from time to time appoint a Deputy Secretary
and one or more Assistant Secretaries.
Duties of Secretary
9. The Secretary shall: give notice of and
attend all meetings of the Governing Council and keep regular minutes of all
the proceedings thereat; prepare and maintain a record of the current
membership with their mailing addresses furnished by the members; use such
means as he or she deems necessary to record the proceedings of the meetings of
the Council; keep minutes of the proceedings of all committees of the Council;
prepare all resolutions, reports or other papers which the Council may direct,
and all copies which may be required of any such documents and papers;
discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the By-laws of the Council or
as may be assigned by the Council or by the Chairman thereof.
Duties of the Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretaries
10. The Deputy Secretary and Assistant
Secretaries shall assist the Secretary and shall perform such of the duties of
the Secretary as the Secretary or the Governing Council may from time to time
assign.
Meetings
Regular meetings
11. At least five regular meetings of the
Governing Council shall be scheduled in the period between September 1 and the
following June 30 in each academic year. The dates and times of such meetings
shall be determined annually in advance by the Executive Committee not later
than June 30 preceding the period of such meetings, and a schedule of the dates
and times of the meetings so determined shall be given by the Secretary to each
member of the Governing Council and to the public, in the manner provided in
section 15 hereof, not later than July 15 immediately preceding the period of
such meetings. The Executive Committee may cancel at most one of the regular
meetings of the Governing Council in each academic year, for lack of sufficient
business. In such case, at least four clear days’ notice shall be given to
members. Each such meeting shall be adjourned after two and one-half hours from
its commencement or on completion of the business before the Council at the
meeting, whichever is earlier, unless the Council agrees to extend the time of
adjournment.
Special meetings, how called
12. A special meeting of the Governing Council
shall be called by the Secretary when requested to do so by
(i) the Chairman of the Council; or
(ii) the President, if both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of the Council be temporarily absent or unable to act; or
(iii) written requisition signed by not fewer than fifteen
members of the Council.
A special meeting called as aforesaid may
transact only that business for which it is called and which is set out in the
notice of the meeting.
Meetings on a University campus unless Chairman determines other location
13. Any regular or special meeting of the
Governing Council shall be held on a campus of the University unless the
Chairman determines that it should be held elsewhere.
Notice of meetings
14. Notice of the time and place of any regular
or special meeting of the Governing Council shall be given by the Secretary to
each member thereof and to the public not less than four clear days (in the
case of regular meetings) and not less than one clear day (in the case of
special meetings) before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The day of
giving notice and the day of the meeting shall not be counted when computing
such clear days.
Notice sufficiently given
15. Any notice of meeting shall be sufficiently
given to a member if
(i) it is delivered personally to the member or to the
address recorded for such member in the roll of members kept by the Secretary;
or
(ii) it is sent by prepaid post through the Canada Post
Office; or
(iii it is sent through the University mail delivery
service; or
(iv) where a member of the Council has not notified the
Secretary in writing of the address at which he or she desires to be served
with notice as provided in section 17 hereof, it is deposited in the Office of
the Secretary, to be held for such member;
and notice shall be sufficiently given to
the public if posted on one or more notice boards in the University grounds.
Nothing in this section shall be
interpreted as denying to the Secretary the use of such additional means of
communication as he or she may see fit to give notice to members and to the
public.
Time when notice given
16. Such notice shall be deemed to have been
given at the time when it is delivered personally or to the address recorded in
the roll of members kept by the Secretary for the person to whom it is to be
given, provided, however, that a notice mailed through the Canada Post Office
shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public
letter-box, and a notice mailed through the University mail delivery service
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered to the University of Toronto
post office. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to the public at the
time when it is posted on a notice board in the University grounds.
Roll of members
17. The Secretary shall keep a roll showing the
names and addresses for service of notice of all members. Each member shall
notify the Secretary in writing of the address at which such member desires to
be served with notices of meeting and, in the absence of such notification,
notices of meetings shall be held for the member in the Office of the
Secretary.
Members to notify Secretary of change of address
18. It is the responsibility of members who
change their address from that recorded on the roll of members to notify the
Secretary in writing of the change.
Certificate of Secretary as to notice
19. A certificate of the Secretary or of the
Deputy Secretary or of an Assistant Secretary in office at the time of the
making of the certificate as to the facts in relation to the mailing or
delivery or service of any notice or other document to any member of the
Governing Council or of a committee thereof, or in relation to the publication
of any notice or other document shall be conclusive evidence thereof and shall
be binding on every member of the Council or of a committee thereof, as the
case may be.
Meeting not invalidated
20. The failure of the Secretary to give notice
to a member or to the public as provided herein shall not invalidate the
proceedings of the meeting for which the notice was given or any part thereof.
Content of notice of meeting
21. The notice of any meeting of the Governing
Council shall set forth the general nature of the business that will come
before the meeting. Failure to give notice of any particular item of business
shall not invalidate the proceedings of the meeting for which the notice was
given or any part thereof.
Introduction of matters to agenda
22. All substantive motions, including reports
of committees, must be received by the Secretary at least ten days in advance
of the day of the meeting at which it is proposed they be considered, unless
the Executive Committee waives this requirement. Such motions shall be
considered by the Executive Committee for inclusion on the agenda, or other
action as it deems appropriate, and the Executive Committee shall report to the
Governing Council at its next regular meeting the action that it has taken with
respect to such motions.
Reconsider, two-thirds majority
23. No matter decided by the Governing Council
may be considered again within twelve months of the date of the meeting at
which the matter was decided, unless a motion for reconsideration is carried by
a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.
Votes of members
24. Each member present, including the Presiding
Officer, is entitled to one vote and only the members present may vote on any
question.
Questions decided by majority vote
25. All questions that come before the Governing
Council shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein. In the case of an equality of
votes, the question shall be deemed to be decided in the negative.
Decisions by resolution, to be recorded
26. Save and except where the Governing Council
exercises its powers by by-law or where it is otherwise provided herein, the
decision of the Council upon any matter coming before it shall be made by
resolution and shall be recorded in the minutes of the Council.
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest
27. (a) Subject as provided in paragraph (c) of this
section 27, any member of the Governing Council who is, in any way, directly or
indirectly interested in any contract or transaction being considered by the
Council shall, at any meeting of the Council at which such contract or
transaction is being considered, declare his or her interest and the nature and
extent thereof and shall abstain from participating in discussion with respect
to the matter, from moving and seconding motions, and from voting thereon;
Idem, in committee
(b) Subject as provided in paragraph (c) of this
section 27, any member of any committee of the Council who is, in any way,
directly or indirectly interested in any contract or transaction being
considered by the committee shall, at any meeting of the committee at which
such contract or transaction is being considered, declare his or her interest
and the nature and extent thereof and shall abstain from participating in
discussion with respect to the matter, from moving and seconding motions, and
from voting thereon;
Exception re conflict of interest
(c) A member of the Council or of a committee of
the Council who is an employee of the University, or a member of whose
immediate family is an employee of the University, may take part in discussions
and vote on all matters relating to the operation of the University, except for
matters in which the interest of the member, or of any member of the immediate
family of the member, is not the same or substantially the same as that of
other employees of the University, and except as provided in clause (d) of this
section.
(d) No member of the Council or of a committee
of the Council, other than the President or a Vice-President, who is an
employee or a member of whose immediate family is an employee of the
University, may move or second motions or vote on matters related to the
remuneration or benefits, terms of employment, rights or privileges available
to employees of the University that are directly related to compensation or
that are negotiated in a collective fashion for a class or group of employees
of the University.
(e) Clause (d) of this section does not apply to
members of the Council, the Academic Board or of other committees with respect
to policies on the nature of academic employment that are specifically assigned
by the Council to the Academic Board.
Indemnification of Members
Indemnification of members
27A. Except in respect of an action to procure a
judgement in its favour, every member of (i) the Council or (ii) any committee
or Board of the Council referred to in or established under section 29 hereof,
and the President, the Chancellor, each Vice-President of the University and
the Secretary of the Council, and the heirs, executors and administrators and
the estate and effects of each of them, respectively, shall from time to time
and at all times be indemnified and saved harmless out of the funds of the
Council, from and against all costs, charges and expenses whatsoever (including
amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgement and fines and other
monetary penalties), that such person sustains or incurs in or about any civil,
criminal or administrative action, suit or proceeding that is brought,
commenced or prosecuted against him or her, for or in respect of any act, deed,
matter or thing whatsoever, made, done or permitted by him or her, in or about
the execution of the duties of his or her office, except such costs, charges or
expenses as are occasioned by his or her own wilful neglect or wilful default.
Executive Committee
Executive Committee composed as in Act
28. (a) Whereas the composition of the Executive
Committee is set out in full in section 3 of The University of Toronto Act,
1971, as amended, and is not subject to alteration by amendment to this By-law,
the Executive Committee shall be composed as provided in the said Act.
Vice-Chairman to be member and Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee
(b) The member nominated from among the members
appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and elected as Vice-Chairman of
the Governing Council shall be a member of and the Vice-Chairman of the
Executive Committee.
Quorum
(c) Whereas the quorum of the Executive
Committee is set out in section 3 of The University of Toronto Act, 1971, as
amended, and is not subject to alteration by amendment to this By-law, the
quorum of the Executive Committee shall be as provided in the said Act.
Duties
(d) The Executive Committee may deal with any
matter that is within the responsibility of the Governing Council and, without
restricting the generality of the foregoing, it shall
(i) prepare the agenda for all regular meetings of the
Council;
(ii) receive and review reports of other committees for
transmission to the Council;
(iii) refer matters to other committees of the Council;
(iv) act as a Striking Committee to nominate persons for
appointment to the committees of the Council; and
(v) exercise such of the powers of the Council as the
Council may by resolution provide.
Attendance of Council members and senior administrators
(e) Members of the Council who are not members
of the Executive Committee, and those senior administrators whose presence is
required by the President, may attend meetings of the Committee but may not
participate in the debate thereat unless invited by the Chair to do so, except
that the Committee may, by a majority of its members present and voting,
resolve to conduct its debate on any item or items in camera; on the passing of
such a motion, the members of the Council who are not members of the Committee
shall withdraw from the meeting.
Committee may admit others
(f) The Committee may, by a majority of its
members present and voting, admit to any meeting or part thereof any person or
persons whose presence is considered necessary to facilitate the work of the
Executive Committee.
Limitation of powers Section 3(4) of Act
(g) Whereas The University of Toronto Act, 1971,
as amended, provides that no decision of the Executive Committee is effective
until approved by the Governing Council or unless the Council has previously
assigned authority therefor to the Executive Committee, the aforesaid
limitations upon its powers shall not be subject to alteration by amendment to
this By-law and the Committee shall be bound by the provisions of the said Act.
Boards and Committees
Committees of Governing Council
29. (a) There shall be four classes of committees of
the Governing Council:
(i) the Executive Committee;
(ii) Boards, of which there shall be three:
the Academic Board
the Business Board
the University Affairs Board;
(iii) Standing Committees, reporting either to the Governing
Council or to a Board; and
(iv) Special Committees.
(b) (i) Subject to
the provisions of paragraph (ii) of this clause, the number of Boards and
Standing Committees, and the names, size, composition, quorum, duties and responsibilities
of Boards and Standing Committees shall be as determined from time to time by
resolution of the Council.
(ii) The following Standing Committees are hereby
established:
Agenda Committee, reporting to the Academic Board
Academic Appeals Committee, reporting to the Academic
Board
Elections Committee, reporting to the University
Affairs Board
Audit Committee, reporting to the Business Board.
(iii) The number, names, size, composition, quorum, duties
and responsibilities of Special Committees shall be as determined from time to
time by resolution of the Council, the Executive Committee or a Board.
Committee members need not be members of Council
(c) (i) Persons who are not members of
the Governing Council may be members of any committee except the Executive
Committee and the Elections Committee.
(ii) A majority of the members of the University Affairs
Board, the Business Board and the Academic Appeals Committee shall be members
of the Council.
(iii) If not established by the Council in the terms of
reference of the Board, the number of non-Governing Council members on a Board
shall be determined by the Board.
Appointment of committee members
(d) (i) The Governing Council shall
appoint members of the Council to the Boards and to the Standing Committees
reporting to Boards. The Executive Committee shall appoint the members of any
Standing or Special Committee reporting directly to the Executive Committee or
to the Council.
(ii) Subject to paragraph (i) of this clause, Boards shall
appoint those of their members who are neither ex officio nor elected and shall
appoint the non-ex officio members of Standing and Special Committees.
Chairs and Vice-Chairs of committees
(e) The Council shall appoint the Chair and
Vice-Chair of a Board from among the members of the Council on the Board.
Chairs and, if any, Vice-Chairs of Standing Committees shall be appointed by
the body to which the Committee reports. Chairs and, if any, Vice-Chairs of
Special Committees shall be appointed by the body which establishes the
committee.
(i) The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Council, the
President, and the Chancellor shall be ex officio voting members of all Boards,
Standing Committees and Special Committees. The Secretary of the Governing
Council shall be ex officio a non-voting member of Boards and of any committees
on which authority to act for the Council has been conferred.
(ii) The terms of reference of a committee may specify ex
officio voting membership for vice-presidents, assistant vice-presidents,
vice-provosts or other University officers, either expressly or through
appointment by the President. The President may designate one such person as
the senior Presidential assessor, for the purposes of assisting in the
discharge of the President’s responsibilities with respect to the committee.
Alternatively the President may designate a University officer not already a
voting member of the committee as a senior Presidential assessor, in which case
the person so designated shall be a voting member of the committee. In
addition, the President may appoint other University officers as non-voting
assessor members of a committee.
(iii) The provisions of paragraph (ii) of this clause do not
apply to the Executive Committee, the Audit Committee, or to committees dealing
with academic appeals, external appointments, elections or honorary degrees.
Communications
30. (a) All written communications to the Governing
Council on any subject coming properly within the cognizance of any committee
shall stand referred as of course to that committee, which shall consider the
matter and, if it sees fit, report thereon to the Council.
Members’ communications on matters within jurisdiction of committees
(b) Questions and written comments from members
on matters that are or will be before committees shall stand referred as of
course to the appropriate committee for reply or debate at the time when such
matters are under consideration.
Actions by Committees
Authority to Act
31. (a) Subject to any limitations imposed by law or
contract, the Council may, by resolution, confer upon any committee which it
appoints authority to act on its behalf with respect to any matter or class of
matters if a majority of the members of the committee, including in the
computation thereof ex officio members, are members of the Council.
(b) Subject to any limitations imposed by law or
contract, authority to act on behalf of the Governing Council with respect to
agreements with the teaching or administrative staff of the University
concerning the remuneration or benefits, terms of employment, rights or
privileges available to employees of the University that are directly related
to compensation or that are negotiated in a collective fashion for a class or
group of employees of the University, is hereby delegated to the Business
Board, except that the Council may by resolution assign to the Academic Board
responsibility for specific matters with respect to the nature of academic
employment.
Report of action taken by committees
(c) Subject to clause (d) of this section, action taken by a
committee on behalf of the Governing Council under the authority of a resolution
of the Council shall,
(i) be reported to the Council for information;
(ii) have the same effect as a resolution passed by the
Council; and
(iii) have effect from the end of the meeting of the
committee.
Council Review of action taken by committees reporting to it
(d) (i) Where the Council, with respect
to any matter or class of matters, has conferred on any committee reporting
directly to it authority to act on its behalf, and where, prior to the adoption
by the committee of a resolution to determine the matter, the Chairman of the
Governing Council, the Chair of the committee, the President (or an
administrative assessor acting for the President), or the committee itself is
of the opinion that the matter is major in significance with respect to the University
as a whole or with respect to the public or fiduciary responsibilities of the
Governing Council, the Chairman, Chair, President or committee, as the case may
be, may require that the action of the committee be submitted to the Council
for confirmation.
(ii) Where a matter is referred to the Council pursuant to
paragraph (i) of this clause, the action taken by the committee shall not have
effect unless confirmed by the Council. If so confirmed, such action shall have
the same effect as a resolution passed by the Council and shall have effect
from the end of the Council meeting to which the matter was referred.
Non-applicability of provisions for review
(iii) Paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this clause do not apply to
actions taken by the Business Board under the delegated authority contained in
clause (b) of this section or to any Special Committee to which the Council
delegates its judicial functions.
Reconsideration within twelve months, two-thirds majority
(e) No matter decided by a committee under the
authority of a resolution of the Council or referred to the Council and
confirmed by it under the provisions of clause (d) of this section may be
considered again by the committee or by the Council within 12 months of the
committee meeting at which the matter was decided or of the Council meeting at
which the action of the committee was confirmed, as the case may be, unless a
motion for reconsideration is carried by a two-thirds majority of the members
of the committee or the Council present and voting at a meeting thereof.
Report of action taken by committees reporting to Boards
(f) (i) Where a committee reporting to
a Board holds delegated authority to act for the Council, in any matter or
class of matters, the provisions of paragraphs (i) and (ii) of clause (d) and
clause (e) of this section apply, mutatis mutandis.
(ii) The provisions of paragraph (i) do not apply to the
Academic Appeals Committee or any committee that may be substituted therefor.
Committee Procedures
Vote of committee members
32. (a) Each committee member present at a meeting of
a committee of the Governing Council, including the Presiding Officer, is
entitled to one vote and only committee members present may vote on any
question.
Question decided in committees by majority vote
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein
or by resolution of the Council, all questions that come before any committee
of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the committee members present
and voting and in the case of an equality of votes, the question shall be
deemed to be decided in the negative.
Rules of order for committees
(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein
or by resolution of the Council, a committee of the Council shall conduct its
meetings by such rules of order as are considered just and expedient for the
transaction of the business before the committee, save that the Presiding
Officer of a committee may, at his or her discretion, invoke the rules of order
of the Council in order to expedite the transaction of business.
Committee agendas
(d) The agenda for a committee meeting shall be
as distributed by the Secretariat under the authority of the committee Chair or
in the case of the Academic Board, of the Agenda Committee, and shall set forth
the items of business to be discussed at the meeting. No matter not on the
agenda may be introduced unless the introduction thereof be agreed to by
two-thirds of the members present and voting. The mover shall briefly indicate
reasons why the matter should be introduced, but otherwise the motion shall not
be debatable.
Calendar of business for subsequent meetings
(e) A committee may by resolution determine that
a matter be included on the agenda of a subsequent meeting. In addition, on
written request, signed by at least 10 percent of the voting members of a
committee and submitted at a meeting of the committee, a stated matter or
notice of motion shall be included on the agenda of the committee’s next
regular meeting.
Notice of motion in the committee by a member
(f) At any committee meeting a member may give
notice of a motion to be presented at a subsequent meeting of the committee. A
motion of which notice is given as aforesaid, shall be considered by the
committee Chair or, in the case of the Academic Board, by the Agenda Committee,
for inclusion on the agenda of a subsequent meeting or other action as the
Chair or the Agenda Committee, as the case may be, deems appropriate. In the
case of committees reporting to or established by the Academic Board, the
committee Chair may refer the matter to the Agenda Committee for determination.
At the next regular meeting of the committee in which the notice of motion has
been given, the Chair, or the Agenda Committee as the case may be, shall report
the action taken with respect to the notice of motion. The decision of the
Chair, or of the Agenda Committee, shall be subject to the provisions of
clauses (d) and (e) of this section.
Meetings of standing committees normally open except as provided
33. Meetings of committees established under
section 29 hereof to which authority to act on behalf of the Council has been
delegated and, unless otherwise specified in their terms of reference, other
committees established under section 29 hereof shall be open to the public,
except that where
(i) matters may be disclosed at the meeting of such a
nature, having regard to the circumstances, that the desirability of avoiding
open discussion thereof outweighs the desirability of adhering to the principle
that meetings be open to the public; or
(ii) intimate financial or personal matters of any person
may be disclosed at the meeting or part thereof
the meeting of the committee shall begin
in camera and the members of the committee shall, as the first item of
business, determine whether any part or parts of the meeting shall be held in
closed session or in camera.
Committee may decide to continue debate in closed session or in camera
34. In the event that during debate on any
question before a committee when the committee is meeting in public or in
closed session, the Presiding Officer is of the opinion that further debate in
public or in closed session may result in disclosure of matters of the nature
referred to in section 33 hereof, he or she shall adjourn the debate, and the
committee shall continue its meeting in camera for the purpose of deciding
whether the whole or any part of the debate upon the question before the
committee shall be continued in public, in closed session or in camera and the debate
upon the question shall then resume in the manner so decided by the committee.
Attendance of Council members and others at in camera sessions
35. Where a committee determines to conduct the
whole or any part of a meeting in camera, only members of the committee and
such other person or persons whose presence is considered by the committee to
be necessary to facilitate its work may be present at the meeting or portion
thereof to be held in camera.
Attendance of Council members and others at closed sessions
36. Where a committee determines to conduct the
whole or any part of a meeting in closed session, only members of the
committee, members of the Governing Council who are not members of the
committee, members of a Board to which the committee reports and such other
person or persons whose presence is considered by the committee to be necessary
to facilitate its work may be present at the meeting or portion thereof to be
held in closed session.
Debate at Meetings of Council
Meetings of Council open to the public, Section 2(18) of Act
37. Whereas The University of Toronto Act, 1971,
as amended, requires that meetings of the Governing Council be open to the
public, and also requires that any part of a meeting during which intimate
financial or personal matters of any person may be disclosed shall be held in
camera unless such person requests that such part of the meeting be open to the
public, the Council shall be bound by the provision of the said Act
notwithstanding any amendment to this By-law.
Executive Committee to identify agenda items for debate in camera
pursuant to Act
38. The Executive Committee shall determine and
identify on the agenda any item concerning which, in its judgment, debate may
disclose intimate financial or personal matters of any person. If such person,
on being notified, does not request debate in public, the debate on that item
shall be in camera. Such determination by the Executive Committee shall be
conclusive and may not be challenged.
If Chair feels Act may be violated by further debate in public,
recess to consider and notify person concerned
39. In the event that during public debate in
the Governing Council or in Committee of the Whole it appears to the Presiding
Officer that intimate financial or personal matters of a person may be
disclosed, the Presiding Officer may declare a recess to consider whether
further debate in public would violate the provisions of The University of
Toronto Act, 1971, as amended. If the Presiding Officer finds that such a
violation might occur, such person shall be notified that possible disclosure
of his or her intimate financial or personal matters may take place in debate,
and the debate shall stand adjourned until the person chooses either public or
in camera debate or until the next meeting of the Council, whichever is the
earlier.
If disclosure may affect two or more persons,
debate to be in camera if any one of them objects to public debate
40. In the event that the intimate financial or
personal matters of any two or more persons may be disclosed during debate of
an item on the agenda, and, in the determination of the Executive Committee or,
in a case to which section 39 hereof applies, in the determination of the
Presiding Officer, the debate cannot reasonably be severed as between such
persons, the debate on that item shall be held in camera if any one of such
persons objects to public debate. Such determination by the Executive Committee
or the Presiding Officer shall be conclusive and may not be challenged.
Minutes of meeting in camera not part of regular minutes
41. Minutes of any part of a meeting of the
Governing Council which is held in camera to avoid public disclosure of
intimate financial or personal matters of any person, including a record of
decision taken, shall not form part of the regular minutes of the Council but
shall be kept separately by the Secretary and made available for scrutiny only
to members of the Council and to anyone who may be authorized by the Executive
Committee to see them. The regular minutes shall recite only that the Council
moved in camera to discuss an item as required by The University of Toronto
Act, 1971. A copy or synopsis of the part of the minutes that applies to such
person shall be furnished to the person at his or her request.
Person requesting public disclosure must so notify
Secretary in writing prior to meeting
42. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 43
hereof, reasonable notice shall given to any person whose intimate financial or
personal matters may be disclosed at a meeting of the Governing Council. Such
notice shall include a statement of the time and place of the meeting, the
matter under discussion which might evoke such disclosure and a statement that
if such person does not request of the Secretary in writing prior to the
commencement of the meeting that the matter be discussed in public, the Council
will discuss the matter in camera.
(b) Where notice has been given as provided in
clause (a) of this section and such person does not furnish a request for
public debate as aforesaid, such person is not entitled to further notice in
the matter.
If efforts to notify person unsuccessful,
debate to be adjourned unless in public interest to proceed in camera
43. (a) Where notwithstanding reasonable efforts to
notify a person that intimate financial or personal matters of such person may
be disclosed at a meeting of the Governing Council, the Executive Committee or
the Presiding Officer, as the case may be, has not succeeded in communicating
with such person, the Executive Committee or the Presiding Officer may:
(i) adjourn debate on the item until a future time, to
permit further efforts to notify such person; or
(ii) if the Executive Committee or the Presiding Officer, as
the case may be, determines that the need to act in the public interest by
proceeding with the business of the Council outweighs the desirability of
affording to such person the opportunity of having such intimate financial and
personal matters debated in public, the Council shall proceed with the item in
camera. Such determination by the Executive Committee or the Presiding Officer
shall be conclusive and may not be challenged.
The Council shall not proceed with debate
on any matter to which section 39 hereof applies until the time referred to in
that section has elapsed.
Request that minute of in camera debate be included in regular minutes
(b) If the Council proceeds to debate an item in
camera pursuant to paragraph (ii) of clause (a) of this section, the Secretary
shall make all reasonable efforts to notify such person of the fact of the
debate and the decision on the matter by the Council. Such person may, upon
receiving such notification, require only that the minute relating to his or
her affairs be included in the regular minutes of the meeting, unless the
Executive Committee determines that the publication of such minute would
disclose the intimate financial or personal matters of other persons who have
not consented to such publication and that the minute cannot reasonably be
severed. Such determination by the Executive Committee shall be conclusive and
may not be challenged.
Where notice not necessary
44. Notwithstanding anything in sections 37 to
43 inclusive, it shall not be necessary to give notice in advance of a meeting
to any person where the matter to be discussed might disclose intimate
financial or personal matters of such person and involves a case where
(a) the President has recommended to the Council
the appointment, promotion or salary of or granting of tenure to or acceptance
of resignation of such person; or
(b) in the course of presenting information to
the Council to enable it to consider a matter which does not directly involve
any individual employee, it is necessary or advisable to disclose intimate
financial or personal matters of an employee or group of employees;but in all
such cases the Council shall meet in camera to consider such matter. If,
subsequent to the meeting, such person requests that the intimate financial and
personal matters relating to him or her be discussed in public, the minute
relating to the affairs of such person shall be included in the regular minutes
of the meeting, subject to the right of the Executive Committee to make a
determination as to such minutes as provided in clause (b) of section 43
hereof.
Non-member may not participate in debate unless invited
45. A person who is not a member of the
Governing Council may not participate in debate in any meeting of the Council
unless
(a) such person be invited by the Presiding
Officer to participate in a specified manner; or
(b) the members decide by a two-thirds majority
of the members present and voting that a named individual be heard; in such
case, the mover shall briefly indicate reasons why the named individual should
be heard, but otherwise the motion shall not be debatable;
and any person so invited to participate shall
be bound by the rules of order prescribed by the By-laws of the Council.
Application of s. 45
46. (a) The provisions of section 45 hereof apply to
any meeting of the Governing Council or of the Committee of the Whole held in
public or in camera.
Non-members to withdraw if in camera
(b) When the Council conducts its proceedings in
camera pursuant to the provisions of The University of Toronto Act, 1971, as
amended, and this By-law, all persons who are not members of the Council or of
its Secretariat shall withdraw from the chamber except such named persons as
may be specifically invited by resolution of the Council to remain.
Confidentiality
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the proceedings of any meeting or part of a meeting of the Council or
of any committee thereof, including the Committee of the Whole, which is
conducted in camera, including the minutes of and other records concerning any
such meeting or part thereof, shall be kept in confidence by every member and
officer of the Council and of any committee thereof and by any other person
invited or permitted to attend any such meeting or part thereof.
Executive Committee may enter in regular minutes a decision made in camera
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 41
hereof and of clause (c) of this section 46, the Executive Committee may cause
to be entered in the regular minutes of the Council a statement of the decision
on a matter taken by the Council when debating such matter in camera where the
Committee considers it to be in the public interest that such decision be
publicly recorded. Such statement shall not indicate the grounds upon which the
Council arrived at its decision or the nature of the debate preceding such
decision.
Rules of Order
Duties of Presiding Officer
47. At all meetings of the Governing Council,
the Presiding Officer shall, in addition to his or her duties as a member of
the Council, maintain order and decorum, exercise the authority under The
University of Toronto Act, 1971, as amended, to exclude or cause to be removed
from the meeting any persons whose improper conduct impedes the orderly
transaction of business of the Council, and conduct the meeting in conformity
with the By-laws of the Council.
Authority in matters of order not provided for
48. In matters of order arising at a meeting
that are not provided for herein, Bourinot’s Rules of Order, revised by J.
Gordon Dubroy (McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, Second Edition, 1963)
shall govern.
Presiding Officer to rule on points of order
49. The Presiding Officer shall rule on all
points of order. The Presiding Officer’s ruling may be appealed by any member
and in such case, the meeting shall decide by the majority of the members
present and voting, but without amendment and without debate, save that the
member making the appeal shall state briefly the grounds therefor; provided
that if the Presiding Officer considers that a successful appeal from the
ruling would constitute a suspension of these rules of order, he or she shall
rule that section 75 hereof applies to such appeal, and accordingly such appeal
shall be deemed to be defeated if any member supports the ruling under appeal.
A ruling by the Presiding Officer that section 75 hereof applies to an appeal
of a previous ruling shall be conclusive and shall not be subject to further
appeal.
Agenda
50. The agenda for each regular meeting shall be
prepared by the Executive Committee and shall set forth the items of business
to be discussed at that meeting.
Order of business as on agenda
51. The order of business at a meeting shall be
the order set out on the agenda unless varied or added to as hereinafter
provided.
Vary order of business
52. A motion to vary the order in which the
items on the agenda are to be taken up shall be in order at any time except
when another motion is being debated or voted upon. The mover shall briefly
indicate reasons why the order should be varied, but otherwise the motion shall
not be debatable.
Add to agenda, two-thirds majority
53. No matter not on the agenda may be
introduced at a regular meeting unless the introduction thereof be agreed to by
two-thirds of the members present and voting. The mover shall briefly indicate
reasons why the matter should be introduced, but otherwise the motion shall not
be debatable.
Member may give notice of motion at any meeting,
to be considered by Executive for inclusion on agenda
54. At any meeting of the Council a member may
give notice of a motion to be presented at a subsequent meeting of the Council.
A motion of which notice is given as aforesaid shall be considered by the
Executive Committee for inclusion on the agenda of a subsequent meeting or
other action as it deems appropriate, and the Committee shall report to the
Council at the regular meeting next following the meeting at which the
aforesaid notice of the motion had been given, the action that it has taken
with respect to such motion.
Member to be recognized
55. Any member desiring to speak during a
meeting of the Council shall signify this intention to the Presiding Officer.
No member shall speak until recognized by the Chair, and when so recognized,
shall address the Chair.
No member to be interrupted except by Presiding Officer
56. The Presiding Officer may at any time call
to order any member, including the member who is speaking, but otherwise, no
member shall interrupt any other member. A member called to order by the
Presiding Officer shall sit down.
Member may speak more than once only at discretion of Chair
57. A member or other person invited to address
Council is entitled to speak only once to a motion, but at the discretion of
the Presiding Officer may be permitted to speak again to the same motion.
Length of speeches
58. No member or other person invited to address
the Council shall speak for more than five minutes at one time, except by leave
of the majority of the members present and voting, which leave shall be granted
or refused without debate, or with the permission of the Presiding Officer.
Member may require question to be stated
59. Any member may require the question under
discussion to be stated at any time during the debate, but not so as to
interrupt a speaker.
No speaker after question put
60. No member shall speak to a question after it
has been put to vote by the Chair.
Motions to be seconded
61. All motions, except those for adjournment of
the meeting or of a debate, shall be seconded before being debated or put by
the Chair. The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion require that a
motion be put in writing before being debated or put by the Chair.
Presiding Officer may permit question period before debate
62. (a) After the mover and seconder have spoken
to a motion presented to the Council for debate, the Presiding Officer may, at
his or her discretion and with the consent of the mover of the motion, allow
members to ask questions to obtain information regarding the motion. Such
questions shall be directed to the Presiding Officer who may request an answer
from any member or any person present. During this period of questioning no
further motion, except a motion to adjourn the meeting or a motion to extend
the time of adjournment of the meeting, may be put. The Presiding Officer shall
determine and declare when the period of questioning is ended, and upon such
declaration shall call for further formal debate on the motion.
Questions may be permitted for clarification
(b) The Presiding Officer may permit a member to
address a question to a member or other person invited to address Council who
has completed speaking in debate upon a motion, for the purpose of obtaining
clarification of some matter raised in the address of the person to whom the
question is directed.
Procedural motions
s. 64, not debatable
s. 65, not debatable
s. 66, limited debate
s. 67, not debatable
s. 68, not debatable
s. 69, not debatable
s. 70, debatable
s. 71, debatable
s. 72, debatable
s. 73, not debatable
When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received
by the Chair except for one of the following purposes, and the order of
precedence of these motions shall be as follows:
(i) to adjourn the meeting
(ii) to extend the time of adjournment
(iii) to recess
(iv) to adjourn the debate
(v) to put the question
(vi) to withdraw the motion
(vii) to refer to Committee of the Whole
(viii) to refer or commit
(ix) to amend
(x) to divide.
Adjourn meeting 64.
A motion to adjourn the meeting shall always be in order,
and shall be decided without amendment and without debate.
Extend time of 65.
adjournment,
two-thirds
majority
A motion to extend the time of adjournment shall not be
debatable and to be carried shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
the members present and voting.
Recess 66.
A motion to recess for a stated period of time shall always
be in order and may be amended only with respect to the duration of the recess.
The Presiding Officer may limit debate on the motion and amendments thereto if
such debate continues for more than five minutes.
Adjourn debate 67.
A motion to adjourn the debate shall always be in order, and
shall be decided without amendment and without debate. The item so adjourned
shall appear as of course on the agenda for the next regular meeting.
Put the question, 68.
two-thirds
majority
A motion to put the question shall be decided without
amendment and without debate. If the motion to put the question is resolved in
the affirmative by two-thirds of the members present and voting, the question
under debate shall be put forthwith without further amendment and without
further debate. If the motion to put the question is not carried by a
two-thirds majority, debate on the question shall continue.
Withdraw 69.
When a motion has been made and seconded, it shall be
disposed of unless, at the request of the mover and with the consent of the
meeting, it is allowed to be withdrawn; in such case, consent shall be
understood if no objection is made to the motion being withdrawn, but if
objection is made, the Chair shall put the question “that this motion be
withdrawn”, which shall be decided without debate by the majority of the members
present and voting. A motion so withdrawn may be placed on the agenda for
another meeting of the Governing Council before a calendar year has expired.
Committee of 70. (a)
the Whole
The Governing Council may resolve itself into Committee of
the Whole to consider specified item of business, by means of a resolution,
which is debatable, carried by the majority of the members present and voting.
Such resolution shall be put with the following words: “That the Governing
Council go into Committee of the Whole to consider (item specified)” and shall
be in order at any time when a motion dealing with the item specified is on the
floor for debate.
Chairman of (b)
Committee of the
Whole to be
Presiding Officer
of Council
The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall be the
Presiding Officer of the Council at the time when a motion to go into Committee
of the Whole has been decided in the affirmative.
Minutes of (c)
Committee not
part of Council
minutes
Minutes of proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall
not form part of the minutes of the Council, but shall be kept separately by
the Secretary.
Rules of Order (d)
in Committee
The rules of order governing debate in the Committee of the
Whole shall be the same as those governing debate in the Council except that
(i) members may speak more than once to the motion under
consideration or to an amendment thereto at the discretion of the Chair;
(ii) the motion under consideration or an amendment thereto
may be divided at the discretion of the Chair if it is felt that consideration
of the question may be expedited thereby; and
(iii) the procedural motions that may be moved are limited
to those set out in clause (g) of this section.
Decision of (e)
Committee to
be reported to
Council for
vote without
further amendment
or debate
After the Committee of the Whole has decided on the item of
business under consideration and on any amendments thereto, the Committee shall
rise and report its decision to the Council. The Chair shall put the report of
the Committee immediately to the Council for vote, without further amendment or
debate.
Procedure if (f)
committee is
sitting at time
of adjournment
In the event that the time of adjournment of the Council is
reached while the Council is in Committee of the Whole, the Committee may, by a
non-debatable motion carried by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
members present and voting, extend the time of adjournment. If such motion
fails to be carried as aforesaid, the Committee shall rise immediately without
reporting and the Council shall adjourn. The item of business under
consideration at the time of rising shall appear as of course on the agenda for
the next regular meeting.
Procedural (g)
motions in
Committee
Clause (h), debatable
Clause (i), debatable
Clause (j), not debatable
s. 68, not debatable
s. 71, debatable
s. 72, debatable
When the Council has resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole, only the following procedural motions may be introduced and the order of
precedence of these motions shall be as follows:
(i) to conduct its further proceedings in camera
(ii) to conduct its further proceedings in public
(iii) to rise without taking a decision
(iv) to put the question
(v) to recommend that the item or a part thereof be referred
to another committee for consideration and report to the Council
(vi) to amend the question before the Committee.
Motion that (h)
Committee meeting
be held in camera
A motion that the Committee of the Whole conduct its further
proceedings in camera shall be in order at any time, shall be debatable and
shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting. Such motion
may also provide that named non-members be invited to remain to participate in
the discussion. On the passing of the motion, all non-members who are not
thereby specifically invited to remain shall withdraw from the chamber, except
members of the Secretariat of the Council.
Motion that (i)
Committee meeting
be held in public
If the Committee of the Whole is meeting in camera, a motion
to conduct its further proceedings in public shall be order at any time, shall
be debatable and shall be decided by a majority of the members present and
voting.
Motion that (j)
Committee rise
without deciding
A motion to rise without taking a decision shall be in order
in the Committee of the Whole at any time and is not debatable. If such motion
is passed by a majority of the members present and voting, the Committee shall
rise and report to the Council that no decision was taken, whereupon the
Council shall proceed to consideration of the next item on its agenda and the
matter so left undecided shall appear as of course on the agenda for the next
regular meeting of the Council.
Meeting of (k)
Committee shall
begin in camera
if so recommended
by Executive
Committee
If an item on the agenda of the Council, other than one to
which the provisions of section 38 hereof apply, carries with it a
recommendation of the Executive Committee that the Council consider such item
in Committee of the Whole and in camera, the Council shall automatically
resolve itself into Committee of the Whole meeting in camera, as if a motion to
the effect had been passed, and shall, as the first item of business, debate
the question “that the consideration of (item specified) be continued in camera
and that (named persons) be invited to participate in the discussion”.
No minutes kept of (l)
meeting of Committee
in camera
When the Committee of the Whole meets in camera, no minutes,
except a record of the item considered and any amendments thereto passed, shall
be kept.
Refer or commit 71.
A motion to refer the question to a committee, or to commit
it to a committee for consideration and report, shall be debatable.
Limit of two 72. (a)
amendments on floor
If two amendments are before the meeting at one time, no
motion to amend further shall be in order until one of the amendments has been
disposed of. When no further amendments remain to be disposed of, the motion
(as amended if amendments be passed) shall be put.
Amendment not to (b)
contravene sense
of motion
An amendment which contravenes the sense of the motion to
which it is proposed or negates it shall be out of order.
Divide 73.
A motion to divide the question under consideration into
parts that can be considered and voted on separately may not be introduced
while an amendment to the question is being considered. Such motion shall not
be debatable but the mover may briefly explain reasons why the question should
be divided.
Voting procedure 74.
When a question is put to vote by the Chair, members shall
indicate their vote in such manner as the Chair may direct. The Chair shall
declare the result of the vote and such declaration shall be conclusive. If,
prior to the time when the Chair has undertaken to determine the vote, any
three members require that a count of the votes be recorded, then the number of
votes for and against the question shall be counted and this count recorded in
the minutes of the meeting. If any member wishes to record his or her
abstention from voting on any question, the member must do so immediately following
the declaration by the Chair.
Suspend rule or 75.
rules of order
None of the foregoing rules of order contained in sections
47 to 74 inclusive shall be suspended at any meeting if any member present
expresses objection to the suspension.
Amendment to By-laws
Amendment 76. (a)
By-laws
Notice of any motion to enact, amend or repeal any By-law of
the Governing Council shall be given at the regular meeting of the Council next
preceding the meeting at which the motion is to be presented.
(b)
A motion to enact, amend or repeal any By-law of the Council
shall not carry unless it receives the affirmative vote of at least 26 members
of the Governing Council.
Repeal
Repeal of 77.
previous
By-laws, etc.
By-law No. 1 of the Governing Council and, to the extent
necessary to give effect to the provisions of this By-law, all resolutions
heretofore passed by the Council and all statutes, by-laws, resolutions and
regulations of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto and of the
Senate of the University under The University of Toronto Act, 1947 as amended,
are repealed without prejudice to or affecting any right, privilege, obligation
or liability heretofore acquired, accrued, accruing or incurred or any action
heretofore taken under any of the by-laws, statutes, resolutions and
regulations so repealed.
ENACTED AND PASSED this 15th day of February, 1973.
Section 27 Conflict of Interest amended by the Governing
Council, March 17th, 1977.
Sections 28(b), 29(a), (f) and 55 amended by the Governing
Council, October 19th, 1978.
Section 28(c) amended by the Governing Council, February
15th, 1979.
Sections 3(e), 11, 23, 28(b), (e), 29(d), (e) (i), (ii), 30,
and 31 amended by the Governing Council, June 20th, 1985.
Section 11 amended by the Governing Council, June 19th, 1986.
General amendments approved by the Governing Council, May
19th, 1988.
Section 27(a), (b), (d) amended by the Governing Council May
3rd, 1990
Section 27A added by the Governing Council, April 16th, 1981
and amended October 17th, 1991
Section 29(e) (iii) was amended by Governing Council, June
22, 1994.
Sections 57, 58 and 62(b) were amended by Governing Council,
March 9th, 1995.
Sections 3 (a), (d), 5 (b), (c), 8, 10 and 19 were amended
by Governing Council October 19, 2000.