The Njala University College Act, Short title 1964

Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 22nd day ofJune, 1964. LS No. 18 S. A. BENKA-COKER. Acting Governor-Generai. UNIT NUSTICEREEDOM Sierra Leone An Act to Make Provision for the Establishment and In corporation of the Njala University College and for Purposes Connected Therewith PART I-PRELIMINARY BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows the Governor-General by Public Notice in the Gazette. A 145 Date of 1964.] commence ment. 1, This Act may be cited as the Njala University College Act, Short title 1964, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by and commencement. A 146 lInterpretation. The Sche dule. Establish ment of the College. Objects of the College. Powers of the College. No. 18

Njala University College In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "Authority" means any of the Authorities of the Collees establislhed by or prescribed under section 6; * Board" means the board of a faculty of the College esta blished or prescribed under section 9; College means the Njala University College established under section 3: "Council" means the Council of the College established under scction 7: " Senate *" meams the Senate of the College established under section 8; Statutes " means the Statutes of the College set out in the Schedule and any other Statutes made in pursuance of subsection (4) of section 7. PART l| INCORPORATION, OBJECTS AND PowERS OF THE CoLLEGE

There is hereby established a University College to be calledthe Njala University College, which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall have power to acquire and hold property movable and immovable and to sell, mortgage, alienate or lease the said property.

The general objects of the College shall bepower (a) to encourage the advancement of learning and the de velopment of educational, economic, social and ethical standards among the people of Sierra Leone; (b) to endeavour to improve the health and general welfare of the population.

(a) to institute courses leading to degrees, diplomas and other academic awards; (b) to provide suitable instruction, and hold examinations, for and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic dis tinctions to persons who ()) have successfully pursued any course of prescribed by the College; Study (i) have carried on research in the College under sucn conditions as may be laid down in the Statutes; (c) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner and under such conditiong as may be laid down 1n the Statutes; No. 18 Njala University College 1964 (d) to provide intensive specialised courses of instruction for groups of workers and other adults who are not degree or diploma students of the College: (e) to provide for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and for University Extensionprogrammes; () to institute teaching and research posts required by the College and to appoint persons to such posts; (g) to create administrative and other necessary non-acade mic posts and make appointments thereto; (h) to institute such scholarships, fellowships and award such prizes as may be prescribed in the Statutes; () to provide, maintain, supervise and control residential accommodation for students, and employees of the College: i) to demand and receive from any student or any other person attending the College for the purpose of instruc tion such fees and other charges as may be prescribed by the College; (k) to act in conjunction with other educationa l institutions and authorities in such manner and for such purpose as may be determined jointly by the College and the other institutions and authorities concerned; () to do all acts or things, whether or not incidental to the foregoing powers, as may advance the objects of the College. PART III AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLEGE

The Authorities of the College shall be the Council, the The Authorities.Senate, the Boerds, the President, the Principal and such otherbodies and officers as may from time to time be prescribed in the Statutes. 7.(1) There shall be a Council which shall be the governing and The Coucil. executive body of the College with power to exercise all the powers conferred upon the College by this Act and to manage all matters not otherwise provided for by this Act or the Statutes. (2) The Council shall be constituted as set out in Chapter I of the Schedule. (3) The Council may meet at such times and places as it may find convenient but shall meet at least once in each academic term of the College. A 147 (4) Without derogation from the generality of the powers conferred upon the Council by subsection (1) the Council shall have in addition the power (a) to accept the transfer of any movable or immovable property on behalf of the College; A 150 No. 18 Transfer to College of certain Government Institutions. Existing Njala University College 15. (1) All the interests of the Government in the following institutions, that is to say the Rice Rescarch Station at Rokupr; the Oil Palm Rescarch Station at Njala; the Experimental Station of the Division of Agriculture at Njala; and the Government Teacher-Training College at Njala. which immediately before the vesting day were vested in the Govern. ment, shall on the vesting day be transferred to and vest in the College without further assurance and shall be held and applied for the objects for which the College is incorporated. (2) Without derogation from the generality of subsection (1), for the purposes of this section, the interests of Government in the transferred institutions shall include (a) all properties, movable or immovable,of every description; (6) the right to receive and give a good discharge forany grant or contributions which may have been voted or promised to the Government in respect of any of the transferred institutions by any person or body. (3) The land deemed to have been transferred to and vesting in the College on the vesting day under the provision of this section shall be as described and set out in a Public Notice to be published by the Minister of Natural Resources in the Gazette on or before the vesting day or as soon as may be thereafter. 16. (1) All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments, debts. contracls credits and working arrangements, subsisting immediately before and pend ing proceedings. the vesting day, affecting any of the transferred institutions shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the College, and as enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the Government or any person acting on behalf of the Government, the College had been named therein or had been a party thereto: Provided th¡t this subsection shall not apply to any contract agreement or other arrangement relating to the service or employ ment of any public officer or employee of the Government and the College shall be under no obligation or liability with respect to an) such ofiicer or employee serving or employed at any of the trans ferred institutions prior to the vesting day. (2) Any proceeding or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the vesting day by or against the Governmet in respect of any of the tr¡nsferred institutions may be continued or enforced by or against the Government as if this Act had not been enacted. No. 18 Njala University College PART VI-MisCELLANEOUS 17. () The College may appcar in any legal proceedings by Appearance of College an oficer of the College authorised generally or in respect of any in logal icular proceedings by resolution of the Council;and any ofhcer, proceodings. authorised, shall be at liberty to institute and carry on any nroccedings which the Council is authorised to institute and carry on under this or any other Act, subjcct always to any directions which may be given to him by the Council. (2) Service on the College of all legal processes and notices shall be cffected by service on the Principal of the College. 18. Membership of the College shall be open to persons of Member cither sex and no discrimination shall be made or test imposed on ship of the College. the grounds of religious belief, political views, racial or tribal origin. The Constitution of the Concil of the College (section 7)

THE STATUTES CHAPTER I 1. TheCouncil shall be composed of the following members (a) Ex-officio members: (1) The Chief Agriculturist. (2) The Chief Education Officer. (3) The Principal. (b) Other Members: A 151 (2) The Principal of Fourah Bay College. (1) Three members of the House of Representatives selected by that body to reprèsent the Parliament of Sierra Leone. (Section 2) (3) Two persons interested in education, one of whom shall be a woman, but not in the public service, to be nominated by the Government to represent the people of Sierra Leone. (4) The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board. (5) A representative of the business interests with agricultural projects in the country, tobe elected by the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce. (a) The Co-operative Societies in Sierra Leone. (6) Two representatives from each of the Provinces and the Western Area, to be nominated by the President of the College. () One representative each, selected by and representative of the membership of, the following A 152 No. 18 Njala Uiversity College (b) The Registered Graduates of the College. (c) The Sierra Leone Teachers Union. idh The Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools 2. (1) The term of office of the members of the Council, other than the ex-officio memberS, shall be six years, but at the time of the first assembly ofthe Council, provision shall be made for curtailing of the term of ofMice of certain members chosen in order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members shall retire every two years thereafter. (2) Theterm of ofice of a member chosen to fill a vacancy shall be for the residue of his predecessor's term. 3. Mem bers shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to such daily allowances and travel expenses as may be prescribed by the College. 4. The Council shall clect its own Chairman from among its membes and shall make such Standing Orders as it shall think fit with respect tothe conduct of its meetings, and the meetings of any Committeet the Council, and the procedure thereof. 5. There shall be aCommittee of the Councilknown as the Finance and Development Committee whose functions shall be determined hu Council. Passed in the House of Representatives this 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four. M.P.SE/NUC/4. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully conmpared by me wi the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me o be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives