Cap. 25: 30 GWANDA STATE UNIVERSITY No. 5/2016 (2) Every promotion of a person to a post or grade within the non-academic staff shall be effected by a Non-Academic Staff Promotions Committee appointed by the Council consisting of— (a) a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chairperson; and (b) the Registrar; and (c) the Bursar; and (d) (e) the Librarian; and two members of the Council who are not members of staff of the University; and one representative of each category of the non-academic staff prescribed in the Statutes; and one representative of each faculty or institute where the person to be promoted works. (f) (g) 26 Staff Disciplinary Committee (1) There shall be a Staff Disciplinary Committee which shall consist of the following members appointed by the Vice-Chancellor— (a) a retired judge, who shall be the chairperson; and (b) a senior member of the academic or administrative staff; and (c) a member of the academic, technical or administrative staff of similar status to the person charged; and (d) a registered legal practitioner of at least five years’ standing who does not hold any post at the University, and who is nominated annually by the Council; and one member appointed by the Council from among its members who are not members of the University staff. (e) (2) One member referred to in subsection (I)(b) or (c) shall belong to the same department or facility as that to which the person charged belongs. (3) Three members of the Staff Disciplinary Committee shall form a quorum. (4) All matters to be decided at any meeting of the Staff Disciplinary Committee shall be decided by a simple majority and, in the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson or person presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. (5) The functions of the Staff Disciplinary Committee shall be to investigate any breach of a Statute, regulation or ordinance or other misconduct on the part of any member of staff of the University and, subject to subsection (6), to recommend to the Vice-Chancellor the punishment to be imposed on, or order to be made in respect of, the member if it finds him or her guilty of such misconduct. (6) A person charged with misconduct referred to in subsection (4) shall have a right of audience before the Staff Disciplinary Committee. (7) Where the Staff Disciplinary Committee has found a person guilty of misconduct referred to in subsection(4), the Committee shall recommend to the ViceChancellor for his or her determination, any one or more of the following— 171

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