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attend the meeting of the Committee of Examiners and the viva voce of the
candidate concerned.

(e) The Committee of Examiners shall after considering the reports of the examiners,
the candidate’s thesis and viva voce, decides and recommends that the thesis of
the candidate concerned —

(i) has achieved sufficient academic merit to be awarded the Degree
without any corrections;

(ii) has achieved sufficient academic merit to be awarded the Degree
subject to the candidate making corrections within six months without
any re-examination;

(iii) be referred for further work within a period of between six to eighteen
months as may be determined by the Committee of Examiners and be
submitted for re-examination before the expiry of the stipulated period; or

(iv) has not achieved sufficient academic merit and the candidate has failed
in the examination of his thesis.

(f) Notwithstanding subparagraph (iii), further work for a period exceeding eighteen
months shall only be recommended by the Committee of Examiners in special
circumstances and based on the reports of the examiners concerned.

(g) For the purpose of these Regulations, “further work” means revision and re-writing
the thesis including further research with respect to the topic of the research
concerned. “Re-examination” means the re-evaluation of the thesis of the
candidate by the Committee of Examiners after further work.

(h) A candidate referred for further work may required by the Committee of
Examiners to attend a viva voce with regard to his thesis for the second time.

(i) The results of the meeting of the Committee of Examiners shall be based on the
reports of the examiners and the performance of the candidate during the viva
voce and as far as possible be arrived at unanimously. Where no results can be
reached unanimously, an additional examiner may be appointed to assist the
Committee of Examiners in making a decision.

(2) The corrections and re-examination of a thesis shall be as follows:

(a) A candidate required to make the corrections as provided under subparagraph
(1)(e)(ii) above shall submit his thesis before the expiry of the period stipulated for
the said corrections. Where the candidate fails to do so, he shall be presumed to
have failed the examination of his thesis except in special circumstances where
the Dean of the Faculty has approved an extension of the stipulated period by a
period of not more than ninety days.

(b) A candidate required to make the corrections as provided under subparagraph
(1)(e)(iii) above shall submit his thesis before the expiry of the period stipulated for
the said corrections. Where the candidate fails to do so, he shall be presumed to
have failed the examination of his thesis except where the Senate, on the
recommendation of the Committee of Examiners has approved an extension of
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