Section 10: Dean of the School.

1 The Dean of the School shall be appointed in such manner and hold office for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations.

2 If there is no Professor in the School, the office of the Dean of the School shall be held by a member of the School holding the rank of a reader or senior lecturer or senior military officer of comparative academic experience on the basis of seniority as may be determined by the School Board.

3 The Dean shall be the Chairman at all meetings of the School Board when he is present and he shall be a member of all committees and other Boards set up by the School and when the Dean is absent from any meeting, the most senior member present shall preside at the meeting.

4 The Dean of the School shall exercise general superintendence over the academic and administrative affairs of the School, the Dean shall present graduants for the conferment of Certificates or Degrees, after having qualified at examinations held in the department.

5 The Dean of the School may be removed from office by the Commandant for good cause and in event of a vacancy occurring following the removal of a Dean, an Acting Dean may be appointed by the Commandant provided that arrangement shall be made for a new Dean to be appointed in the manner prescribed within a period of three months from the date when the acting Dean assumed office.

6 For the purpose of subsection (5) of this section, "good cause" means-
a a person suspected for any offence which the Commandant considers to be such as to render the person concerned unfit for the performance of the functions of his office;
b any physical or mental incapacity which the Commandant, after obtaining medical advice, consider to be such as to render the person concerned unfit to continue to hold his office;
c conducts which are of disciplinary nature such as scandalous or disgraceful and other offences which the Commandant considers to be such as to render the person concerned unfit to continue to hold his office;
d conducts which the Commandant considers to be a failure or inability of the person concerned to perform the functions of his office or to comply with the terms and conditions of service; or
e conducts which the Commandant considers to be generally of such nature as to render the continuous appointment or service of the person concerned prejudicial or detrimental to the Institute.