Section 12: Mode of exercising power to make Statutes

(1) The power of the University to make Statutes shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this section and not otherwise.
(2) A proposed Statute shall not become law unless it has been approved-
(a)
at a meeting of the Senate, by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting; and
(b) at a meeting of the Council, by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
(3) A proposed Statute may originate either in the Senate or in the Council, and may be approved as required by subsection (2) of this section by either one of those bodies before the other.
(4) A Statute which-
(a) makes provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, the Senate or any other authority of the University; or
(b)
provides for the establishment of a new campus or college or for the amendment or revocation of any Statute whereby a campus or college is established,
shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by the President
(5)
For the purposes of section 1 (2) of the Interpretation Act, a Statute shall be treated as being made on the date on which it is duly approved by the Council after having been duly approved by the Senate, or on the date on which it is duly approved by the Senate after having been duly approved by the Council as the case may be or, in the case of a Statute falling within subsection (4) of this section, on the date on which it is approved by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
[Cap. 123.]
(6) In the event of any doubt or dispute arising at any time-
(a) as to the meaning of any provision of a Statute; or
(b) as to whether any matter is for the purpose of this Act an academic or non-academic matter as they relate to such doubt or dispute,
the matter may be referred to the Visitor, who shall take such advice and make such decision thereon as he shall think fit.
(7) The decision of the Visitor on any matter referred to him under subsection (6) of this section shall be final and binding upon the authorities, staff and students of the University and where any question as to the meaning of any provision of a Statute has been decided by the Visitor under that subsection, no question as to the meaning of that provision shall be entertained by any court of law in Nigeria.
(8)
Nothing in subsection (7) of this section shall affect any power of a court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether any provision of a Statute is wholly or partly void as being ultra vires or as being inconsistent with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.
[Cap. C23.]