Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · 2023 Revised Edition · Chapter XVIIIA · National Police Commission
155A. Constitution of the National Police Commission
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155[(1) There shall be a National Police
Commission (in this Chapter referred to as the
“Commission”) consisting of not less than five members and not more than seven members appointed by the
President 156[on the recommendation of the constitutional
Council,] The President shall appoint one member as the
Chairman of the Commission.]
No person shall be appointed as a member of the
Commission or continue to hold office as such member if he is or becomes a member of Parliament, a Provincial
Council or a local authority.
Every person who immediately before his appointment as a member of the Commission, was a public officer in the service of the State or a judicial officer, shall upon such appointment taking effect, cease to hold such office and shall be ineligible for further appointment as a public officer or a judicial officer:
Provided that any such person shall, until he ceases to be a member of the Commission, or while continuing to be a member, attains the age at which he would, if he were a public officer or a judicial officer, as the case may be, be required to retire, be deemed to be a public officer or a judicial officer and to hold a pensionable office in the service of the State, for the purpose of any provision relating to the grant of pensions, gratuities and other allowances in respect of such service.
157[(4) Every member of the Commission shall 154 - New Chapter XVIII A inserted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution
Sec. 20.
155 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 43 (1).
156 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 22.
157 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 43(2).
hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment, unless he becomes subject to any disqualification under paragraph (2) of this Article, or earlier resigns from his office by writing addressed to the
President or is removed from office by the President, or is convicted by a court of law of any offence involving moral turpitude or if a resolution for the imposition of civic disa-bility upon him has been passed in terms of Article 81 or is deemed to have vacated his office under paragraph (6) of this Article.]
A member of the Commission shall be eligible for reappointment as a member, but shall not be eligible for appointment as a public officer or a judicial officer after the expiry of his term of office as a member. No member shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the
Commission for more than two terms.
In the event of the Chairman or a member of the
Commission absenting himself from three consecutive meetings of the Commission without the prior leave of the
Commission, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office from the date of the third of such meetings and shall not be eligible to be reappointed as a member or as Chairman of the Commission.
The Chairman and members of the Commission shall be paid such allowances as are determined by
Parliament. Such allowances shall be charged on the
Consolidated Fund and shall not be diminished during the term of office of the Chairman or member.
The Chairman and members of the Commission shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning and for the purposes of Chapter IX of the Penal Code.
158 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 44(1).
159 - Inserted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 23.
160 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 24.
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Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
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National Procurement Commission
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Transitional Provisions
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Interpretation
Chapter XXIII
Repeal
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