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Part II · Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka

4. Duties of the Constitutional Council under this Act

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

(1)

The Constitutional Council shall, before giving its concurrence to the appointment of any person as a member of the Commission under this Act, satisfy itself that such person is qualified for appointment under subsection (1) of section 5 and is not disqualified for appointment under subsection (2) of section 5.

(2)

Decisions of the Constitutional Council to give its concurrence for appointment of persons as members of the

Commission shall be by majority vote.

(3)

The Constitutional Council may require any person being considered for appointment as a member under section 3 to furnish it with such information as it may require for the purpose of discharging its functions under subsection (1).

Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka

(4)

The Minister shall, within one month from the date of occurrence of a vacancy in the Commission, transmit to the Constitutional Council for its concurrence, names of persons in the order of preference, to be appointed as

Commissioner. The Constitutional Council, where it concurs as regards the persons to be appointed as members of the

Commission, shall express its concurrence to the Minister at least one month prior to the date before which the Minister is required to make such appointments.

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Part IV

Objectives, Powers and Functions

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Part V

Competition

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Part VI

Consumer Protection

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Part VII

Policy Guidelines

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Part VIII

Finance

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Part IX

General

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