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16. Amendment of section 22 of the principal enactment

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

Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) thereof, as follows:-

(1)

by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (a), the following new paragraph:-

“(aa) a representative of the Secretary to the

Ministry of Finance or the Secretary to the

Treasury;”;

(2)

by the repeal of paragraph (b) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(b) 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 and the Dean of the Faculty of Siddha Medicine of the Eastern

University, Sri Lanka;”;

(3)

by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (b)

thereof, the following new paragraph:-

“(ba) the Head of the National Institute of

Traditional Medicine;”;

(4)

by the repeal of paragraph (c) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(c) the Head of the Ayurveda National

Hospital;”;

(5)

by the repeal of paragraph (d) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(d) an officer of the rank of a Senior Assistant

Secretary or of a higher rank of the Ministry of the Minister assigned the subject of

Higher Education appointed by the Minister on recommendation of the Minister assigned the subject of Higher Education;”;

(6)

by the repeal of paragraph (e) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(e) five members appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Minister assigned the subject of Higher Education-

(i)

two of them each representing

Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine of the Faculty of Indigenous

Medicine of the University of Colombo,

Sri Lanka;

(ii)

one of them from the Faculty of

Indigenous Medicine of the Gampaha

Wickramarachchi University of

Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka;

(iii)

one of them from the Unit of Siddha

Medicine of University of Jaffna, Sri

Lanka; and

(iv)

one of them from the Faculty of Siddha

Medicine of the Eastern University, Sri

Lanka, from among the lecturers of each Faculty or

Unit;”

(7)

by the repeal of paragraph (f) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(f) five members, other than the members appointed under paragraph (e)-

(i)

two of them each representing

Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine of the Faculty of

Indigenous Medicine of the

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka;

(ii)

one of them from the Faculty of

Indigenous Medicine of the

Gampaha

Wickramarachchi

University of Indigenous Medicine,

Sri Lanka;

(iii)

one of them from the Unit of Siddha

Medicine of University of Jaffna, Sri

Lanka; and

(iv)

one of them from the Faculty of

Siddha Medicine of the Eastern

University, Sri Lanka, and elected by the lecturers of each Faculty or the Unit from among themselves;”;

(8)

by the repeal of paragraph (i), thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following new paragraph:-

“(i) not more than eight members appointed by the

Minister from among registered Ayurveda practitioners of whom not more than two shall be so appointed from a panel of six nominated by the All Ceylon Ayurvedic Practitioners’

Congress; and”.

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