NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ACT

Section 10: Mode of exercising power to make statutes

1983Section 10 of 24Federal Republic of Nigeria

(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 vote 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 makes provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, the Senate or any other authority of the University, shall not come into operation, unless it has been approved by the President.
(5) 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.

Cite this section

Section 10, NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ACT (1983).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-open-university-act/section/10/