Sports (Amendment) Act 1993

Technica] Officers ; ”s 4 Part I of the principal enactment is hereby amended in the heading to that Part by the substitution for the words

“District Sports Committees and a National Olympic

Committee” of the words “ District Sports Committees, a

National Association of Sports Coaches and Technical

Officers and a National Olympic Committee”.

Amendment ea part I of principal enactment,

§. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 17 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 17a, of that enactment :—

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17a.

Insertion of new section 1va in the principal enactment,

National

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“ “the of National

Association which shall be called

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National Association of Sports Coaches and

Coaches and

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Technical Officers of Sri Lanka.

Officers,

2 of ho heading to

Coaches and Technical Officers, shall be prescrited by regulation. ”.

6. Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection

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“ (2) Such Committee shall consist of—

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Committee in Sri Lanka, who shall be ex-officio non veting members, unless they have been appointed under paragraph (c) ;

Associations of Sports registered in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this Law, provided however, that each such National

Association is affiliated to, or is a member of its respective International Federation and the sports it represents are included in the programme of the Olympic Games.

The Committee may co-opt delegates of other registered

National Associations of Sperts or persons who have render-ed or can render exceptional service to the Olympic move-ment, provided that such co-opted members do not consti-tute the voting majority in the Committee ”.

1. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 16 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sectior, 18a of that enactment :—

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“Term of 18a. Every member of such Committee, office of of other than the Director of Sports, shall hold

Committee.

office for a term of four years.”.

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Sestion 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition at the end of that section of the following paragraph :—

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“ (e) not being the member referred to in subsection 2(a) of section 18, has served in such Committee for two consequtive terms of office. ”,

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The following new section is hereby inserted iminediately after section 21 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2la of that enactment

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21a.

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(1)

The National Olympic Com-

, mittee of Sri Lanka and every National

Association of Sports registered under

Chapter II shall cause proper books of accounts to be kept of the income and expenditure and all other transactions of such Committee and Association,

Association shall cause its books to be balanced as on the thirty-first day of

December in each year, and shall before the

Thirty First day of March next, cause to be prepared, on income and expenditure account and a balance sheet containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of such Committee and of every such Associa-tion, as the case may be, made up to the first mentioned date.

Association of Sports or suspends the registration of any

National Association of Sports under section 32, the

Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the office-bearers of such National

Association of Sports to deliver all movable property

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(including any books and documents) of such National

Association of Sports to the Director of Sports. Any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed on him under this subsection shall be guilty of au offence and shall be liable on conviction, after summary trial before a Magistrate toa fine of five thousand rupees.”.