18. Amendment of section 24 of the principal enactment

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

Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the words from “A member of the Board” to “Hospital of Ayurveda”, of the words, “A member of the

Board, other than 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 University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, the

Dean of the Faculty of Siddha Medicine of the

Eastern University, Sri Lanka, the Head of the

Ayurveda National Hospital and the Head of the

National Institute of Traditional Medicine,”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“(3) 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, shall be deemed to have vacated office as a member of the Board on his ceasing to hold the office of 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 University of

Jaffna, Sri Lanka or the Dean of the Faculty of

Siddha Medicine of Eastern University,

Sri Lanka, as the case may be.”;

(3)

by the repeal of subsection (4) thereof, and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“(4) The Head of the Ayurveda National

Hospital shall be deemed to have vacated office as a member of the Board on his ceasing to hold the office of the Head of the Ayurveda National Hospital.” .

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