S.L. 327.569 Art. 9Conferment of the Honoris Causa Degree Revocation of the Honoris Causa Degree

(1) degrees shall only be conferred during a Honoris causa convocation for the Award of Honoris Causa degrees, to be held on a date as approved by Senate, normally in November/December.

(2) Honoris causa degrees shall only be awarded in absentia in exceptional circumstances, these being:

(a) the inability of the nominee to attend for certified medical reasons; or

(b) the inability to travel to Malta for reasons beyond the control of the nominee, which reasons must be accepted by the Committee as valid and sufficient.

(3) If the recipient is unable to receive the degree honoris causa on the date proposed to him, the University may offer to defer the conferment to a future occasion.

(4) Honoris causa degrees shall only be awarded posthumously in very exceptional circumstances.

(5) Honoris causa graduates may use the post-nominals indicated in paragraph (2) of regulation 6. Such graduates may not adopt the prefix ‘Dr’. 10. 1) On a recommendation of the Senate, which shall explain the motivation for its decision in writing, Council may, at its discretion, revoke degrees, already awarded by honoris causa the University. Revocation shall subsist for grave reasons only, namely a conviction by a court of criminal jurisdiction, involvement in human rights abuses, and/or evidence of corruption. These reasons, or knowledge thereof by the Committee, shall not precede the conferment of the honoris causa degree but should be discovered or become available to the Committee after the conferment of the degree. honoris causa

(2) The University shall, promptly and expeditiously, publish the news of a revocation and have such information duly entered in its register of honoris causa graduates.

(3) The University reserves the right to pursue the appropriate legal proceedings should the honoris causa graduate persist in making reference to the degree by virtue and/or via honoris causa any means of communication, including publications, websites and social media.