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(3) When the decision has been announced, the chair of the disciplinary committee will inform
those entitled to lodge an appeal to make sure their appeal is filed before the deadline
specified in the decision. After this, the chair closes the trial.
(4) The disciplinary decision must be delivered in a written form to those affected but not present.
Section 29
(1) The full decision must be put in writing within 8 days of the day it is announced.
(2) The written decision is signed by the chair of the committee in the required number of copies.
(3) The student and their legal counsel must be delivered a written copy of the decision even if it
has been announced in their presence.
(4) The disciplinary committee may not modify a decision that has already been announced.
However, minor corrections irrelevant to the merits of the case (misspelt names, numbers,
arithmetical and other typographical errors) may be made.
Section 30
(1) The first instance decision may be appealed by the student or their legal counsel.
(2) The person entitled to appeal the decision may lodge the appeal immediately after the
decision is announced, may waive the right of appeal or may request time to consider whether
to appeal a decision. In the latter case, the deadline for lodging the appeal is 15 days from
the day the decision is delivered to the person. If the deadline for filing an appeal is missed,
the person may file an appeal within an additional period of 8 working days if they can present
a proper reason for the delay.
(3) The written appeal must be submitted to the Dean’s Office or the Doctoral School’s Office but
it must be addressed to the disciplinary committee of first instance.
(4) The appeal will automatically suspend the execution of the decision.
Section 31
(1) The disciplinary committee will forward the appeal and the case documents to the person
authorised to make the appellate decision without delay when the deadline for appeal expires.
(2) The person authorised to make the appellate decision will make a decision on the appeal
within 15 working days from the day they receive the appeal.
(3) As a general rule, the person authorised to make the appellate decision will make the decision
on the basis of the documents available. If it is necessary to present evidence, the person
authorised to make the appellate decision may summon the affected parties, hear their
testimony or obtain other evidence. In the latter case, the deadline for making the appellate
decision is 30 days.
(4) The person authorised to make the appellate decision must contact the Faculty Students’
Representative Council or the Doctoral Students’ Representative Council and ask for the
relevant Council’s opinion.
(5) The person authorised to make the appellate decision
(a) upholds the first instance decision;
(b) modifies the first instance decision; or
(c) quashes the decision and orders that a new procedure of first instance be conducted.
(6) If the appeal is filed late or is not lodged by the person entitled to appeal the decision, the
person authorised to make the appellate decision will reject the appeal.
Act, Section 73 (7) The student may request a judiciary review of the appellate decision
within 30 days of the day the student is notified of the appellate decision. The decision
may be reviewed by the court if it is against the law or violates the provisions regulating
the students’ legal status. The judicial review procedure is regulated by Chapter XX of Act
III of 1952 on Civil Procedure. The court has the right to modify the decision. The court will
make a decision in the case without delay.