Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868

28 Qualifications for Members of General Councils.

Under the Conditions as to Registration herein-after mentioned, the following Persons shall be Members of General Council of the respective Universities, viz. :

1.

All Persons qualified under the Sixth or Seventh Section of the Act Twenty-first and Twenty-second Victoria, Chapter Eighty-three:

2.

All Persons on whom the University to which such General Council belongs has after Examination conferred the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, or Doctor of Science, or Bachelor of Divinity, or Bachelor of Laws, or Bachelor of Medicine, or Bachelor of Science, or any other Degree that may hereafter be instituted :

3.

And whereas it was provided by the said Sixth Section of the last mentioned Act that in each University the General Council should consist of, inter alios, " all Persons who within Three " Years from and after the passing of this Act shall establish, " to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners herein-after " appointed, that they have as Matriculated Students given " regular Attendance on the Course of Study in the University for Four complete Sessions, or such regular Attendance for Three Complete Sessions in the University, and " regular Attendance for One such complete Session in any " other Scottish University, the Attendance for at least Two " of such Sessions having been on the Course of Study in " the Faculty of Arts;" and whereas from various Causes many Persons omitted to establish their Qualifications in Terms of the Provision just mentioned before the Expiry of the Time mentioned therein, and it is expedient to afford such Persons the Opportunity of becoming Members of the General Councils of their respective Universities: Be it enacted as follows : Every Person who may have omitted to establish his Qualification in Terms of the recited Provision of the Sixth Section of the Act last mentioned, but who would have been entitled to have become a Member of the General Council of the University in Terms of the said Provision if his Qualification had been established within the said Period, and he had applied for Registration in Terms of said Act, shall be a Member of the General Council of the University, provided that such Person shall establish his Qualification in Terms of the recited Provision to the Satisfaction of the Registrar and Assistant Registrars herein-after mentioned, and shall farther comply with the Conditions as to Registration herein-after mentioned :

Provided always, that no Graduate of any University shall be disqualified from being a Member of the General Council of such University by reason of his being enrolled as a Student in any Class of the University : Provided also, that the Conditions as to Registration herein-before mentioned shall not apply to the Chancellor, the Members of the University Court, or the Professors for the Time being of each University, who shall be Members of the General Council of their respective Universities, and entitled to vote as such, although their Names are not inserted on the Register herein-before mentioned.