Section 28: Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"campus" means any campus which may be established by the University;
"college" means any college which may be established by the University;
"Council" means the Council established by this Act for the University;
"graduate" means a person on whom a degree, (other than an honorary degree) has been conferred by the University;
''Minister'' means the Minister responsible for higher education;
"notice" means notice in writing;
"officer" does not include the Visitor;
"prescribed" means prescribed by statutes or regulations;
"professor" means a person designated as a professor of the University in accordance with provisions made in that behalf by statute or by regulations;
"property" includes rights, liabilities and obligations;
"provisional council" means the provisional council appointed for the University by the President with effect from 1 January 1988;
"regulations" means regulations made by the Senate or the Council;
"Senate" means the Senate of the University established pursuant to section 2 (1) (c) of this Act;
"statute" means a statute made by the University under section 10 of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of this Act, and "the statutes" means all such statutes as are in force from time to time;
"teacher" means a person holding a full-time appointment as a member of the teaching or research staff of the University;
"undergraduate" means a person in statu pupillari at each University other than-
(a) a graduate; or
(b) a person of such description as may be prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
"University" means the University of Abuja as incorporated and constituted by this Act.
(2) It is hereby declared that where in any provisions of this Act it is laid down that proposals are to be submitted or a recommendation is to be made by one authority to another through one or more intermediate authorities, it shall be the duty of every such intermediate authority to forward any proposals or recommendations received by it in pursuance of that provisions to the appropriate authority; but any such intermediate authority may, if it thinks fit, forward therewith its own comments thereon.