He may be admitted to the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law not earlier than the eighth, and not later than the twelfth Term from his matriculation, or if he be an Affiliated, Colonial, Indian, or Foreign Student (whether Senior or Junior), not later than the sixteenth Term from his matriculation, as computed in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes relating to the standing of such students. A Candidate who has been admitted to the examination in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause, and has obtained Honours therein, may supplicate for the Degree provided that he has kept statutable residence for eight Terms.

3. The Board of the Faculty of Law and, subject to the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, the Assistant Registrar, shall have power to make and vary such regulations, having regard to their respective duties, as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of the foregoing clause.

§ 2. Of the subjects and method of the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law.

1. The Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law shall include

1. Jurisprudence, General or Comparative.

2. Roman Law.

3. English Law.

4. International Law.

The Board of the Faculty of Law shall from time to time determine what branches of the subjects above named shall be offered, and may, if they think fit, prescribe books to be read by Candidates.

The Board of the Faculty of Law may make regulations permitting Candidates to offer Roman-Dutch Law or some branch thereof as part of the examination in Roman law.

2. The Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law shall be conducted by the Regius Professor of Civil Law, or some other Professor or Reader in the Faculty of Law deputed by him, or some Doctor of Civil Law being a member of Congregation deputed by him and approved by the ViceChancellor, together with not less than three, nor more than four, other Examiners, to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned.

3. The nomination of Examiners shall be made in accordance with Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. I. E. § 2, 'Concerning the

Nomination of Examiners,' and § 3,' Of the Elected Members of Nominating Committees,' by the Committee appointed under Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. I. E. § 3. cl. 3 (i) for the nomination of the Public Examiners in the Final Honour School of Jurisprudence.

4. One or two Examiners shall be nominated as early as may be in Hilary Term in each year, to hold office for two years, and such other Examiner or Examiners as may be necessary shall be nominated at the same time to hold office for one year. The name of each person nominated shall be separately submitted to Convocation in the course of the same Term.

5. An Examiner who has been approved by Convocation shall hold office for the period for which he was nominated; and if any such Examiner shall cease to hold office before the expiration of such period, an Examiner shall be appointed in like manner as soon as may be, for the unexpired residue of such period.

6. An Examiner who has held office may be nominated. again; provided that no Examiner shall hold office for more than four years in succession.

7. An Examiner may on account of sickness or other urgent cause obtain leave of absence from the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, who shall nominate a person to supply his place. Such leave of absence shall in no case be granted to an Examiner for a length of time extending over more than one Examination.

8. If any Examiner shall in the conduct of the Examination so act as in the judgement of the Vice-Chancellor or of the two Proctors to appear unmindful of the obligations of his office and the credit of the University, he shall be removed from his office by the Vice-Chancellor or by the two Proctors, as the case may be.

9. The powers given in a Statute concerning a Visitatorial Board made by the University of Oxford Commissioners under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877, to the Visitatorial Board in respect of Professors and Readers may be exercised also under the conditions and in manner prescribed in the said Statute in respect of the Examiners.

10. The Board of the Faculty of Law shall exercise a general supervision over the subjects of Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, and shall from time to time issue lists of books and subjects, and shall have power to make such further regulations as it shall deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Statute.

11. Honours may be obtained at the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law by any Candidate who shall not have exceeded the twenty-fifth Term from his Matriculation. Provided that this clause shall not apply to Candidates who have been admitted to the examination under the provisions of § 1. cl. 2.

§ 3. Of the Admission of Candidates, and of the Conduct

of the Examination.

1. The Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law shall be held once in every year; and shall begin on the Tuesday in the second week before the Encænia.

2. No Candidate shall be admitted to examination unless he has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar to see that this condition is observed. Provided that this clause shall not apply to Candidates who have been admitted to the examination under the provisions of § 1. cl. 2.

3. No Candidate shall be admitted to examination unless he shall have forwarded his name and a list of the subjects in which he offers himself for examination, and a Certificate signed by some officer of or some person deputed by the College or Hall or Body to which he belongs, and showing that his name is on the books of such College or Hall or Body, together with the fee of £2 10s., so as to reach the Assistant Registrar not less than four weeks before the day for the commencement of the Examination.

The Assistant Registrar shall have power to determine the form in which Candidates shall draw up the lists. Every Candidate shall state on his list the year and Term in which he was matriculated, and it shall be the duty of the Assistant Registrar to verify, or, if necessary, to correct the statement, and to certify it to the Examiners.

4. A Candidate whose name and list of books and Certificate have not been duly forwarded as aforesaid, may be admitted to examination on payment of Two Guineas in addition to the statutable fee, provided that his name and list and Certificate shall have been forwarded so as to reach the Assistant Registrar not less than two weeks before the day for the commencement of the Examination. The Assistant Registrar shall transmit the name and list so forwarded immediately to the Regius Professor of Civil Law.

5. The Assistant Registrar shall publish a list of the names of Candidates, and, if necessary, a supplemental list, in the

manner prescribed with reference to Candidates for the Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

6. The Examination shall be conducted partly in writing and partly viva voce.

7. One Examiner at least shall be present during the whole time of the Examination in writing; provided that where the number of Candidates is not so large as to require separate supervision, arrangements may be made subject to the approval of the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors for placing the Candidates in the same room with the Candidates in any one or more Schools as defined by Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. F. § 10. cl. I and for distributing the duty of supervision among the Examiners in the Faculty of Law and the Examiners in such School or Schools in the same manner as if the Examination in the Faculty of Law were a School defined as aforesaid.

8. At the close of the Examination, the Examiners shall determine among themselves on the merits of each Candidate examined by them, and shall distribute the names of such Candidates (not being disqualified by standing) as they shall judge to have shown sufficient merit into three Classes, according to the merit of each Candidate; and shall draw up a list accordingly, with the names in each Class arranged alphabetically, and shall place at the foot of the list the names of those Candidates who, being disqualified by standing, have shown sufficient merit to entitle them but for such disqualification to a place in the Class List. And such list, signed with the names of all the Examiners, shall be published in such manner as is before provided with respect to the Examinations. for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

9. At the close of the Examination a copy of the Class List and also an alphabetical list of the other Candidates who shall have satisfied the Examiners shall be made in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall be certified by the signatures of the Examiners. Such book shall, after the close of the Examination, remain in the custody of the Assistant Registrar; and any question thereafter arising with respect to the result of the Examination shall be determined by reference to such book.

§ 4. Of the Admission of Bachelors of Civil Law to the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law.

I. Any person who has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law may supplicate for the Degree of

Doctor of Civil Law, provided that he shall have occupied himself in the study of Civil Law for five complete years, to be reckoned from the date of his admission to the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, and shall have written a Dissertation. upon some legal topic approved of as hereinafter provided.

2. The Dissertation shall be upon a subject previously approved by the Regius Professor of Civil Law, and shall be delivered to the Regius Professor 1, who shall submit it for the approval of the Board of the Faculty of Law, and that Board shall in writing report to the Regius Professor as to the sufficiency of the Dissertation to entitle the Candidate to the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law.

3. If the Dissertation shall be reported by the Board of the Faculty of Law to be of sufficient merit to entitle the Candidate to the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, it shall be read by the Candidate publicly in the Schools, or some other fitting place to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, in the presence of the Regius Professor of Civil Law, and on a day to be by him appointed.

4. A Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law may offer as his Dissertation a book, treating in a scientific manner of a legal subject, already printed and published of which he is the author. In such case the subject need not be previously approved by the Regius Professor, nor need the Dissertation be read publicly by the Candidate, provided that it shall have been duly reported as aforesaid to have been approved by the Board of the Faculty of Law.

(ii) Regulations of the Board of the Faculty.

The Examination for the Degree of B.C.L. will, until further notice, include the following subjects:

I. JURISPRUDENce.

All Candidates will be examined in Jurisprudence and the Theory of Legislation.

II. ROMAN LAW.

All Candidates will be examined in

1. The principles of Roman Private Law, as set forth in the Institutes of Justinian.

1 By a Regulation of the Board of the Faculty of Law, three copies of such dissertation must be sent in, and these must be either printed or type-written.