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Part II · The Governing Council of the Institute

8. Disqualification for membership of Council

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

A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or continuing as an appointed member of the Council—

(1)

if he is or becomes a Member of Parliament,

Provincial Council or any local authority; or

(2)

if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka or in any other country, found or declared to be of unsound mind; or

(3)

is a person who, having being declared an insolvent, or a bankrupt under any law in force in Sri Lanka or in another country, is an undischarged insolvent or bankrupt; or

(4)

if he is serving or has served a sentence of imprisonment imposed by any court of law in Sri

Lanka or in any other country.

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