Section 55: Procedures to make Statutes

(1) The Executive Council may of its own motion, and shall, when required by the Governing Board, make a draft of any Statute and submit the same to the Governing Board. (2) The draft so submitted shall be considered by the Governing Board at a meeting or meetings to be held within a period of six weeks from the date of such submission, and the draft unless rejected or amended by the Governing Board before the expiry of the said period by a majority of the total number of its members existing, be deemed to have been passed by the Governing Board. (3) If the Governing Board rejects or amends the draft of any Statute, it shall be sent back to the Executive Council with the views of the Governing Board for reconsideration. (4) There upon, the Executive Council shall reconsider the draft and resubmit it to the Governing Board with such changes as it may deem necessary. (5) On such resubmission of the draft, it shall again be considered by the Governing Board at a meeting to be held within a period of six weeks from the date of such submission and the draft so resubmitted shall, before the expiry of the latter period by a majority of the total number of its members existing, be deemed to have been passed by the Governing Board without any amendment, or be passed by the Governing Board with such amendments as it may deem fit to make therein within the latter period and by the same majority as aforesaid. (6) A Statute passed in the manner provided in sub-section (2), shall be presented to the Visitor for assent and shall come into force on being assented to by the Visitor. (7) A Statute shall remain in force until repealed or amended by a new Statute similarly passed and assented to by the Visitor.