Chapter:	1141	Title:	THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	53 of 2000
Section:	6	Heading:	The Chancellor	Version Date:	01/07/1997

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 53 of 2000 s. 3

(1) There shall be a Chancellor of the University who shall be the head of the University and who may confer degrees and other academic awards in the name of the University.
(2) The Chief Executive shall be the Chancellor. In the absence of the Chief Executive, the person for the time being assuming the duties of the Chief Executive according to the provisions of Article 53 of the Basic Law shall be the Acting Chancellor and shall have all the powers and duties of the Chancellor. (Amended 53 of 2000 s. 3)
(3) The Chancellor may appoint a person to be the Pro-Chancellor of the University. The Pro-Chancellor may, on the authorization of the Chancellor and on his behalf, exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties conferred or imposed on the Chancellor.