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Part I · Establishment of the Office on Missing Persons

5. Chairman and members of the OMP

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

(1)

The President shall appoint, within fourteen days of receiving the recommendations of the Constitutional

Council for such appointments, the Chairman and the

Members of the OMP.

(2)

In the event the President fails to make the necessary appointments within such period of fourteen days–

(a)

the persons recommended to be appointed as members of the OMP, shall be deemed to have been appointed as members of the OMP; and

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Office on Missing Persons (Establishment,

Administration and Discharge of Functions)

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(b)

the person whose name appears first in the list of names recommended to be appointed as the

Chairman, shall be deemed to have been appointed as the Chairman of the OMP, with effect from the date of expiry of such period.

(3)

The Chairman of the OMP shall be its Chief Executive

Officer.

Read on from s 6

Part II

Powers, Duties and Mandate of the Omp

Read on from Part II

Part III

Secretariat, Tracing Unit, Victims and Witness Protection Division of the Omp

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Finance

Read on from Part IV

Part V

General

Read on from Part V