Ayurveda (Amendment) Act 2023 · As enacted
13. Replacement of section 13 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
13. (1) A member of the Council, other than the Commissioner-General, the Dean of the Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Dean
“Vacation of office by members of the Council of the Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the
Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of
Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka, the Head of the Unit of Siddha Medicine of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and the Dean of the Faculty of Siddha Medicine of the Eastern University,
Sri Lanka, shall be deemed to have vacated office–
where he is not a public officer, on sending his resignation in writing to the President of the
Council;
where he is not a public officer, on being absent without excuse sufficient in the opinion of the
Council, from three consecutive meetings of the Council;
on his ceasing to be a registered
Ayurveda practitioner, or on the taking effect of an order made by the Council under this Act suspending his registration as an
Ayurveda practitioner; or
on his being convicted of any offence under the Penal Code
(Chapter 19).
The Commissioner-General shall be deemed to have vacated office as a member of the Council on his ceasing to hold office as the
Commissioner-General.
The Dean of the Faculty of Indigenous
Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka, the Dean of the Faculty of Indigenous
Medicine of the Gampaha Wickramarachchi
University of Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka, the Head of the Unit of Siddha Medicine of the
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka or the Dean of the Faculty of Siddha Medicine of the Eastern
University, Sri Lanka, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have vacated office as a member of the Council on him ceasing to hold office as the Dean or the Head of any of the aforesaid respective Institutions as the case may be.”.