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Act, Section 70 (1) If the student violates their obligations severely and is personally
responsible for the violation, a disciplinary sanction may be applied against the student.
Disciplinary sanctions must be imposed in a disciplinary procedure and must be specified
in a written decision.
Section 4 No disciplinary sanction is allowed if it is proven in the disciplinary procedure that the
student has failed to fulfil their obligations or has violated the rules because they received
instructions from a professor or an employee of the University supervising the student and the
instructions infringed the law or a rule of the University.
Act, Section 70 (4) No disciplinary hearing may be initiated if a period of three months has
passed since the violation or a one-month period has passed since the day the violation
was recognised. For the purpose of this provision, ‘recognition’ is defined as the case
when the circumstance giving rise to a disciplinary hearing becomes known to the person
authorised to start the procedure.
Section 5 If a criminal procedure is started against the student, the deadlines specified in Section
70 (4) of the Act will start when the criminal case is closed.
Section 6 A procedural event related to the student (the order of starting a procedure, the issue of
summons, a hearing is held, etc.) will interrupt the statute of limitations period. The statute of
limitations period will restart from the day of the interruption.
PART 3. DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS
Section 7 The purpose of imposing a disciplinary sanction is to educate the student and to prevent
further violations.
Act, Section 70 (3)When a sanction is imposed, all circumstances of the violation must be
taken into account, including but not limited to the number of injured parties, the severity
of the violation and its consequences and whether the violation is a repeated violation.
Act, Section 70 (2)Disciplinary sanctions include:
(a) reprimanding;
(b) severe reprimanding;
(c) reduction or withdrawal of benefits and facilities specified in the rules of reimbursements
and benefits;
(d) suspension of studies for a specific period (maximum two semesters);
(e) expulsion from the institution of higher education.
Section 8 Under Section 70 (2) (c) of the Act, the following benefits may be withdrawn:
(a) student grants;
(b) bonuses and cash prizes;
(c) the student’s place in a hall of residence.
Act, Section 70 (3) The duration of the disciplinary sanction referred to in (2) (c) above
may not exceed six months; the suspension specified in (d) may not be longer than two
semesters. Social support may not be withdrawn as a disciplinary sanction under (2) (c).
The disciplinary sanctions referred to in (2) (d) and (e) automatically result in a final or
temporary withdrawal of benefits and facilities available to students. The student status
will be suspended for the term of the sanction specified in (2) (d). The student’s academic