On occasion the University Librarian may, in consultation with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic of the University of Fort Hare, cause the normal hours to be altered. Notices informing users of such alterations shall be posted at the entrance to the Library, and at other places deemed appropriate for communicating with users.

Fifteen minutes before each closing time of a Library session a bell shall ring to indicate that users shall prepare to leave the Library. Ten and again five minutes before the closing time of a Library session a bell shall again ring to indicate that users must leave the Library. Any user who has not left the Library at closing time commits a breach of these Regulations.