Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka Act 1981 · As enacted · Part III · The Authority of the University
17. Powers, duties and functions of e Council
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Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, the
University.
Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred upon it by subsection (1) the Council shall exercise, perform and discharge the following powers, duties and functions :—
to hold, control and administer the property and funds ‘of the University ;
to select a coat of arms for the University, and to determine the form, to provide for the custody and to direct the use, of the common seal of the
University
;
to regulate and to determine all matters concerning the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any regulations;
to administer any funds placed at the disposal of the
University for specific purposes
;
to receive and accept bequests, donations and grants of property to the University
;
to consider the annual report and the annual accounts of the University, and to submit such report and such accounts to the President
;
to lay down conditions subject to which Institutions may be registered as affiliated colleges for the pur-pose of providing courses of study approved for the examizations of the University
;
to prepare the financial estimates of the University
;
to determine the qualifications necessary for appoint-ment as officers or other employees of the
University
;
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to make regulations for the purposes of this Act;
to provide furniture, equipment and other material needed for carrying on the work of the University ;
to appoint Professors, Associate-Professors and examiners, whether from the staff of the Univer-sity or from elsewhere, and to determine the salaries or fees which may be paid to them.
to appoint, suspend, dismiss or otherwise punish persons in the employment of the University ;
to determine the academiz dress or insignia, or both, of the Chancellor, the officers and the graduates of the University
;
to determine the requirements necessary for regis-tration of students for examinations conducted by the University ; and
to exercise all other powers of the University for the exercise of which no other provision is made in this Act.