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Part VI · Agrarian Development Councils

51. Establishment of Agrarian Development Councils

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

There shall be established an Agrarian

Development Council and the office of that council shall be established in the agrarian center for each such area as may be determined by the Commissioner-General.

(2)

Every Agrarian Development Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.

(3)

Every Agrarian Development Council shall consist of—

(i)

at least one representative each from each Farmers’

Organisation established under this Act in the

Agrarian Development Area for which that Council is established ; and

(ii)

such number of persons appointed by the

Commissioner-General to represent government departments and public corporations engaged in the field of agriculture in that Agrarian Development Area.

(4)

A person appointed to be a member of an Agrarian

Development Council by the Commissioner-General under subsection 3 (ii) shall not have the power to vote at any meeting of such Council.

(5)

The term of office of a member of an Agrarian

Development Council shall be two years, provided however, that a member who ceases to hold office by effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(6)

(a)

A person appointed as a member of an Agrarian

Development Council under subsection (3) (i) may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Agrarian Development

Council, the Commissioner-General and the Farmers’

Organisation which he represents.

(b)

Where a representative of a Farmers’ Organisation vacates office, such Farmers’ Organisation shall appoint another person in his place.

(c)

The member so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds.

(d)

When a member of an Agrarian Development Council fails to attend three consecutive meetings of such Council without reasonable cause, such Council shall—

(i)

if he is a member appointed under subsection (3) (i), terminate his appointment and inform, in writing, the Farmers’ Organisation which such member represented, of such termination and appoint another member in his place ; and

(ii)

if he is a member appointed under subsection (3) (ii), inform the Commissioner-General of such termination, and appoint another member in his place.

(7)

Regulations may be made with regard to the appointment of the Chairman of the Agrarian Development

Council, the duties of the Chairman and the appointment of standing committees and the election of the Secretary and the Treasurer.

Read on from s 52

Part VII

Irrigation Work and the Management of Irrigation Water

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

General Provisions

Read on from Part VIII

Schedules