7. Constitution of the Council
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The Council shall consist of the following
:— .
, (a) ex-cfficio members namely—
the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Social Welfare who -
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shall be the Chairman (hereinafter referred -
to as “the Chairman”)
; and
the Director-General of the Institute appoint-
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ed under section 11; and
other members) namely—
a representative of the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Higher Education, appointed by the Minister ;
two representatives nominated by the Univer-sity Grants Commission established by the
Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978
;
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a representative of the Ministry of the Minis-ter in. charge of the subject of Finance, ;
appointed by the Minister
; and
eight other persons appointed by the Minister from among persons with professional qualifications and experience in the fields of social work and social development.
A person shall he disqualified from being appointed or from continuing, as a member of the Council, if he is, or becomes a Member of Parliament.
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Every member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall vacate office as such membher—
if he is removed from office by the Minister
; or a
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if he resigns his office by letter addressed to the
Minister and the resignation.is accepted, in writing, by the Minister.
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Where a member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection. (1)
dies or resigns or is removed from office, the Minister may appoint another person to be a member in. place of the member who dies, resigns or is removed from office.
Any member of the Council appointed under para-graph (a) of this subsection, shall, unless he earlier resigns or vacates his office by death or removal from office, hold office for the unexpired part of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds,
Where ‘a member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) is, by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka, temporarily un-able to perform the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint another person to act in his place.
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Subject to the provisions of Subsection (9)
every
‘member appointed under paragraph (b) of sulwection (1).
shall, unless he vacates office earlier by death, resignation or removal, hold office for a period of four years from the date of his appontmeni to such office.
Every ex officio member of the Council shall hold office as long as he holds the post by virtue of which he is a member of the Council,
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One-half of the’ members of the Council appointed under sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection .
shall retire every second year,
‘(9) For the purpose of securing that one-half of the members of the Council appointed: under sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall retire every second year, the term of office of four of the members first appointed to the Council so specified by the Minister shall terminate at the expiry of a period of two years from the date of his appointment.
Any member who vacates his office otherwise than by removal from office under subsection (3) shall be eligible for re-appointment.
The members of the Council may be paid such re-muneration out of the fund,of the Institute, as may he determined by the Minister with the concurrence of the
Minister in charge of the subject of Finance.
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