Act of Parliament · As enacted
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation (Special Provisions) Act 1981
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s 1Short titie
This Act may be cited as the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
National Memorial Foundation (Special Provisions) Act,
No. 48 of 1981.
s 2
Members of the Board of Management of the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation hoiding office on the day preceding the date of commence-ment of this Act to cease to hold such office on the date of commence-ment! of this Act,
Every person holding office as a member of the Board of Management of the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike National
Memorial Foundation (established by the S. W. R. D.
Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation Law, No. 2 of
1975) on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, whether such person holds such office by virtue of—
the provisions of paragraph (a), or paragraph (b), or paragraph (c), or paragraph (d), or paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the S. W. R. D.
Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation Law,
No. 2 of 1975 ; or
an appointment made under paragraph (f)
of subsection (1) of section 3 of the aforesaid Law, shall, notwithstanding anything in the aforesaid Law, cease to hold office on the date of commencement of this Act.
s 3Replacement of section 3 of the S. W.R.D. Bandaranaike
Section 3 of the 5. W. R. D. Bandaranaike National
Memorial Foundation Law, No. 2 of 1975, is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :—
‘Members of
3.
National Memorial Foundation Law, No. 2 of 1975
The Foundation shall be adminis-Monet tered by a Board of Management (herein-of the after in this Law referred to as the “ Board ”)
Foundation.
consisting of seven members appointed by the President.
Any member may resign from office by letter in that behalf addressed to the
President.
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(Special Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1981
The
President may, by
Order published in the Gazette, remove a member from office without assigning a reason therefor. A member in respect of whom an
Order is made under this subsectiton shall be deemed to have vacated office on the date of publication of that Order in the Gazette.
(4)
A member shall, subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment to such office:
Provided that a member appointed in place of a member who dies or resigns or otherwise vacates office, shall, unless he earlier vacates office, hold office for the unexpired part of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds.
Where any member becomes, by reason of illness, infirmity or absence from
Sri Lanka, temporarily unable to discharge the functions of his office, the President may appoint another person to act as a member in his place.
Any member other than a member who has been removed from office under subsection (3) shall be eligible for reappointment,
The President shall appoint one of the members of the Board as the Chairman of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting of the Board the members present at such meeting shall elect from among themselves a Chairman for that meeting.
The quorum for a meeting of the
Board shall be five.
Subject to the provisions of subsection (8) the Board may regulate the procedure in regard to the meetings of the Board and the transaction of business at such meetings.
The Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy among its members. ’.
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