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

Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby

‘amended by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (6b)

of that section, of the following new paragraph ;—~

princi enactment.

(bb)

a National Association of Sports Coaches and

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 :—

esta puish-

17a.

Insertion of new section 1va in the principal enactment,

(1)

There may be established an

National

.

“ “the of National

Association which shall be called

‘ef Sports

National Association of Sports Coaches and

Coaches and

Techni cal

Technical Officers of Sri Lanka.

Officers,

2 of ho heading to

(2)

The composition, powers, functions, and duties of the National Association of Sports

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

:—

“ (2) Such Committee shall consist of—

(a)

the Director of Sports appointed under section 3, who shall be an ex-officio member

;

(b)

rnembers, if any, of the International Olympic

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

(c)

two representatives of each of the National

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.”.

8.

Amendment section Zi ig

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

principal enactment.

“ (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. ”,

9.

new

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

: —

and cunts

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,

(2)

Such Committee and every such

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.

(3)

The Auditor General shall audit the accounts of such Committee and every such Association.”.

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