Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Monash University Act 1958 - SECT 23

Conferring of degrees etc.

23. Conferring of degrees etc.



(1) Subject to the Statutes and regulations of the University the Council may
after examination confer any degree or award any diploma.

(2) The Statutes may provide-

   (a)  for the admission without examination to any degree of any person who
        has graduated at any other university; and

   (b)  for the admission honoris causa to any degree of any person whether or
        not he has graduated at a university.

(3) The persons on whom degrees are conferred pursuant to the last preceding
subsection shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as those who
have graduated after examination in the University.

(4) All degrees conferred by the University shall be evidenced by a
certificate in such form as the Council may from time to time determine.

(5) If the Statutes so provide, the Council may, in the circumstances and
manner prescribed in the Statutes, revoke any degree or diploma conferred or
awarded by the University, whether before or after the commencement of section
5 of the University Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1995.