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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.

b) 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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