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Section 2.14. All students shall be required to attend university convocations or
                                       other important programs/activities. The student who fail  to attend
                                       said  activity  without  valid  reasons  shall  be  marked  absent  if  the
                                       activity is held in lieu of classes.

                          Section  2.15.  Intentional  abortions  committed  by  students  shall  not  be
                                       countenanced. Violation of this rule is considered a serious offense.


                   ARTICLE V. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

                   Section  1.  General  Provisions.  Disciplinary  action  may  take  the  form  of  expulsion,
                             suspension,  exclusion  from  any  class,  reprimand,  warning  or  expressing  of
                             apology. The gravity of the offense committed in the circumstances attendant
                             to  its  commission  shall  determine  the  nature  of  the  penalty  to  be  imposed
                             against  to  erring  students  if  proven  guilty  beyond  reasonable  doubt  by  the
                             appropriate body.

                   Section 2. Penalties. Penalties may take the form of the following:
                          Minor Offenses shall be penalized as follows:
                                  1  offense-------------------------------One week suspension
                                   st
                                   nd
                                  2  offense-------------------------------One month suspension
                                  3  offense-------------------------------Dismissal
                                   rd
                          Serious Offenses shall be penalized as follows:
                                   st
                                  1  offense-------------------------------One month suspension
                                   nd
                                  2  offense-------------------------------Dismissal or expulsion

                   Section  3.  In  case  of  expulsion,  the  President  shall  decide  the  same  upon
                             recommendation of the investigating body concerned. The expulsion shall take
                             effect upon approval of the Board of Regents.

                   ARTICLE VI. INVESTIGATING BODIES
                   Section 1. There shall be a student court composed of the incumbent Student Supreme
                             Council (SSC) President, the Speaker of the House, and the Chief Justice of
                             each campus. This court shall have jurisdiction to try cases involving student//s
                             against student/s. Its decision shall be appealable to the Director of Student
                             Services
                   Section  2.  A  Complaint  and  Grievance  Committee  is  hereby  created  in  each
                             college/unit/campus of the University to be composed of three (3) members and
                             to be appointed by the Dean/Head of Unit/Executive Director of the Unit. This
                             committee  shall  be  tasked  to  investigate  cases  involving  student/s  against
                             faculty and vice versa. It shall recommend appropriate disciplinary action to the
                             Dean/  Head  of  Unit/Executive  Director  of  the  Unit  for  decision  which  is
                             appealable to the University President.
                   Section 3. There shall be a Committee on Investigation composed of three (3) members,
                             namely; the head of the campus, where the offense is committed and two others
                             to  be  appointed  by  the  University  President.  The  said  Committee  on



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