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Article 10. Jurisdiction

a) The Committee on Student Misdemeanor shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction
over all offenses where the penalty prescribed under this Code is EXCLUSION for not
more than one (1) semester.
b) The Board of Student Discipline shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all
offenses where the penalty prescribed under
this Code is EXCLUSION for not less than one (1) semester, and appellate jurisdiction
over all appeals taken from decisions of the Committee on Student Misdemeanor,
where the penalty imposed is
EXCLUSION for more than two (2) months.

Article 11. Procedure

a) Complaints:

1. Complaints against pupils/students for any violation/s of this Code shall be filed
by any Person in Authority and/or any party who is an alleged victim of the
offense/s charged with the Office of Student Affairs.

2. The complaint must be in writing and shall state the name/s of the student/s
charged, the offense/s committed citing the pertinent provisions of this Code,
the date, time, and place where the offense/s was committed, the name/s of
witnesses, and other proof that the offense was committed.

3. The Office of Student Affairs shall stamp the Complaint with the date and time it
was filed and shall assign number in the order that complaints are received as
“ADMINISTRATIVE CASE NO.
” followed by the last two (2) digits of the current year.

4. An immediate determination shall be made as to whether the offense charged and
the penalty prescribed fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Student
Misdemeanor or the Board of Student Discipline.

5. The Office of Student Affairs shall then endorse the complaint to the proper
Disciplining Authority.

a) Answer:

The Disciplining Authority shall furnish each student charged with a copy of
the Complaint together with a notice to file an Answer within seventy-two (72)
hours from receipt thereof.

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