Tanzania
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences Act
Chapter 321
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 July 1991
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-2)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Academic Board" means the Academic Board of the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences established under section 10 of this Act;"academic staff" means the academic staff as defined in section 16(1) of this Act;"administrative staff" means the administrative staff as defined in section 16(2) of this Act;"appointment", in relation to the staff of the College, means an appointment of a person to the academic staff or the administrative staff of the College and includes an appointment on promotion or transfer, and also includes an acting appointment;"Appointments Committee" means, in relation to an appointment to the academic staff or any matter relating to a member of the academic staff the Committee established by 14 and in relation to an appointment to the administrative staff or any matter relating to a member of the administrative staff, the Committee established by section 15;"Board" means the Governing Board of the College established by section 6;"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Academic Board;"College" means the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences established by section 3 as a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam;"College Term" means each period in each college year during which the college is in session;"Council" means the Council of the University of Dar es Salaam established under section 11 of the University of Dar es Salaam Act 1;"Dean" means the Dean of a Faculty;"Dean of Students" means the Dean of Students of the College;"effective date" means the date on which this Act comes into operation;"financial year" means the financial year of the College as determined in accordance with section 30;"former faculty", means the faculty of Medicine of the University of Dar es Salaam;"former officer" means any person employed on the academic staff or the administrative staff of the former faculty;"instrument" includes contracts guarantees, agreements, bonds, authorities, mortgages, charges, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank drafts, bank cheques, letters of credit and securities;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for higher education;"Principal" means the Principal of the College appointed under section 8;"Registrar" means the Registrar of the College appointed under section 9;"Regulations" means regulations made by the Academic Board under section 31;"Rules" means rules made by the Academic Board;"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Academic Board;"Student" means any person admitted to the college as a candidate for a degree, diploma, certificate or other award of the University or of the college;"Students' Organisation" means an organisation approved by the Visitor being an organisation representative of the students of the College;"University" means the University of Dar es Salaam established by the University of Dar es Salaam Act 2;"Visitor" means the visitor to the College as provided under section 5.Part II – The Muhimbili University College (ss. 3-4)
3. Establishment of the College
4. Membership of the College
Membership of the College shall be open to all persons qualified under the College or University regulations, without distinction of race, ethnic origin, sex or religion.Part III – Administration of the University College (ss. 5-16)
5. Visitor
6. Governing Board of the College
7. Powers and duties of the Board
8. Principal of the College
9. Registrar
10. Academic Board
11. Functions and powers of the Academic Board
The Academic Board—12. Faculties, Institutes and Directorates
13. Committees
The Academic Board and each Board of a Faculty, Institute and Directorate may establish committees and delegate thereto such of its respective powers and functions as it may determine.[s. 11]14. Appointments Committee for Academic Staff
15. Appointments Committee for Administrative Staff
16. Academic and administrative staff
Part IV – Student discipline (ss. 17-27)
17. Interpretation relating to Part IV
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—"disciplinary authority" means the Registrar exercising the powers conferred upon him by section 19 and includes any person to whom such powers have been delegated in accordance with section 20;"disciplinary offence" means the contravention of any by-laws made under section 18.[s. 15]18. Power of Academic Board to make by-laws
19. Registrar to be disciplinary authority
Every charge of a disciplinary offence against a student shall be investigated by the Registrar who shall impose such punishment as he may consider appropriate after inquiring into the offence in accordance with the procedure prescribed by section 23 and upon being satisfied that the charge against the student has been proved.[s. 17]20. Delegation of powers of Registrar
The Registrar may, by writing under his hand, delegate, subject to such limitations as he may prescribe, all or any of the powers vested in him by section 21 to the Dean of Students, a Dean or a Director.[s. 18]21. Procedure in disciplinary proceedings
22. Cases of formal proceedings
23. Cases of summary proceedings
24. Disciplinary Appeals Committee
25. Appeals
26. Disciplinary offences not criminal offences
For the purposes of section 48 of the Interpretation Act 3, disciplinary offences under this Act, shall be deemed not to be offences created by or under any written law.[s. 24]27. Decisions not subject to review
Subject to the provision of section 25 relating to appeals to Disciplinary Appeals Committee, no decision of any Inquiry Officer, the Disciplinary Committee shall be subject to review by any court.Part V – Financial provisions (ss. 28-30)
28. Property vested in Board
The Management and control of all funds, assets and property movable and immovable of the College shall be vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of this Act, in such manner and for such purposes as, in the opinion of the Board, would promote the best interests of the College.[s. 26]29. Board may invest funds
The Board may invest any of the funds of the College in such securities as it may think fit, or may place the funds on deposit at such banks as it may determine:Provided that such investments shall be restricted to Tanzania securities and such funds shall be deposited in the banks registered and carrying on business in Tanzania.[s. 27]30. Annual estimates
Part VI – Miscellaneous and transitional provisions (ss. 31-39)
31. Academic Board may make regulations
32. Vice-Chancellor may give directions
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam may give directions of a general or specific character to the Academic Board with regard to academic affairs and the Academic Board shall give effect to every such direction.[s. 30]33. ***
[Omitted][s. 31]34. Vesting of assets and liabilities
All the assets and liabilities of the College subsisting upon the effective date shall by virtue of this section and without further assurance, vest in the Board.[s. 32]35. College to continue functions of former faculty
The College shall carry out and continue the functions of the former faculty in accordance with the provisions of this Act and all the students who immediately before the effective date were the students of the former faculty, shall as from the effective date, become students of the College.[s. 33]36. Staff
Subject to the provisions of section 35, every former officer shall, as from the effective date, be deemed to be an employee of the College.[s. 34]37. Dean of the former faculty
The Dean of the former faculty shall cease to hold office from the date on which this Act comes into operation.[s. 35]38. Disciplinary regulations of the former faculty
Rules or regulations made by or applied by the former faculty for the purposes of regulating discipline among the students of the former faculty shall, until such time as regulations are made under this Act, continue in force and have effect as if such rules or regulations were regulations made under this Act.[s. 36]39. Operation of contracts, etc.
History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 July 1991
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Interpretation of Laws Act | 418 citations |
2. | University of Dar-es-Salaam Act | 2 citations |