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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Institutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019

Chapter 3 : Office Bearers

Chancellor

39. Term of office

 

(1) The term of office of the chancellor is five years, and the chancellor may be elected again for one more consecutive term only.

 

(2) The term of office of the chancellor begins on assuming office and ends upon a vacancy occurring or when the person next elected chancellor assumes office.

 

(3) The Council may dismiss the chancellor from office by a two-thirds majority vote of all the members of the Council on the grounds of a serious violation of the law, serious misconduct or incapacity.

 

(4) A vacancy in the office of chancellor must be filled in accordance with clause 38, the person being elected for a full term.