Section 26: 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 charged with responsibility for higher education;
''notice" means notice in writing;
"officer" does not include the Visitor;
"prescribed" means prescribed by statute or regulations;
"professor" means a person designated as a professor of the University in accordance with provision 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 5 April 1978;
"regulations" means regulations made by the Senate or Council;
"statute" means the statute of 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 the University, other than-
(a) a graduate; and
(b) a person of such description as may be prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
"University" means the University of Port Harcourt as incorporated and constituted by this Act.