23. (1) On the commencement of this Ordinance, the Statutes set out in the Schedule shall be the Statutes of the University. (2) The Statutes may be amended, repealed or added to by Statutes made by the Syndicate in the manner hereinafter appearing. (3) The Syndicate may propose to the Chancellor the draft of any Statute to be assented to by him: Provided that no Statute relating to any matter mentioned in clauses (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of section 22 shall be proposed unless it has first been referred to the Academic Council and the Academic Council has expressed its opinion on it. (4) A Statute proposed by the Syndicate shall have no validity until it has been assented to by the Chancellor. The Chancellor may assent to a Statute as proposed by the Syndicate or withhold his assent, or may refer it back to the Syndicate for re consideration; and the Statute shall be re submitted to the Chancellor for his assent thereto.