Ocean University of Sri Lanka Act 2014 · As enacted · Part IV · Chancellor and Officers of the University
13. The Dean of a Faculty
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
There shall be a Dean of each Faculty who shall be the academic and administrative Head of such Faculty.
The Dean shall be elected by the Faculty from among the
Senior Professors, Professors, Associate Professors and Senior
Lecturers who are members of such Faculty.
The Dean shall subject to the provisions of any appropriate instrument, hold office for a period of three years reckoned from the date of his election and shall unless disqualified from holding such office, be eligible for re-election. However he shall not in any event hold office for more than two consecutive terms.
The Dean of a Faculty who is disqualified from continuing to function as an officer of the University under section 59 of this Act shall be removed from such office.
Where owing to leave of absence, illness or other cause, the Dean of a Faculty is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office for a period exceeding three months, the
Vice Chancellor shall appoint a Senior Professor, Professor,
Associate Professor or a Senior Lecturer of that Faculty, to act in the post of Dean for such period.
Where a Dean of a Faculty is removed, retires, resigns, or is for any other reason unable to perform the duties of his office for a period exceeding three months, the post of Dean of the Faculty shall be deemed to have become vacant, and a new Dean shall be elected in accordance with the provisions
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Ocean University of Sri Lanka of subsection (1). The person so elected shall hold office for the un-expired term of office of his predecessor.
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