Section 13: 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 which provides for the establishment of a new college or for the amendment or revocation of any statute whereby a college is established may originate only in the senate, and must be approved as required by subsection (2) of this section by the senate before being so approved by the Council.
(4) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, 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.
(5) 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 college or for the amendment or revocation of any statute whereby a college is established,
shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by the President.
(6) For the purposes of section 2 (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 (5) of this section, on the date on which it is approved by the President.