As enacted

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9. Insertion of new sections 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D and 10E in the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

The following new sections are inserted immediately after section 10 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D and 10E of that enactment :—

10A. The Board shall appoint a Council named the “International Relations Advisory Council”

(hereinafter referred to as the “Council”), which shall comprise five persons who have achieved international eminence in areas related to defence, diplomacy, international relations, law, national security, economics, agriculture and environment. The Council shall advise the Board on matters pertaining to the Institute either on its own motion or when so requested by the

Board.

10B. The Board may appoint standing committees or ad hoc committees as it may deem necessary for the exercise, performance and discharge of any of the powers, duties or functions of the Board. Such Committees may include persons who are not members of the

Board.

10C. (1) The Board may from time to time admit as members of the Institute, such persons as the Board considers suitable for admission as members.

(2)

The Board shall make rules setting out the criteria for membership, the different classes

“International

Advisory

Council.

Appointment of

Committees.

Membership of the

Institute.

Sri Lanka Institute of Strategic Studies and categories of members (including Honorary members and Affiliated members), the method and manner of admission of members, the structure of fees to be paid by members, the rights of members including the right to vote, the obligations of members of each class or category and the manner in which persons shall cease to be members of the Institute.

(3)

The Board may take such action as the

Board may deem appropriate, against a member of the Institute, whom the Board deems to have acted in a manner prejudicial or contrary to the interests of the Institute.

10D.

Board to make rules

The Board may make rules in respect of any or all of the matters specified in the Act.

The Board may alter or repeal such rules and may at any time make new, amended or additional rules. The rules shall bind the members of the

Institute. Every rule made by the Board shall be published in the Gazette.

10E (1) Bandaranaike International Diplomatic

Training Institute (BIDTI) shall with effect from the coming into operation of this Act, be vested in the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of

International Relations and Strategic Studies and shall function as the unit of the Institute responsible for conducting training programmes and other courses of study.

Diplomatic Training Institute to vest in the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of Strategic Studies.

(2)

From and after the commencement of this

Act-

(i)

all such sums of money as is lying to the credit of the Bandaranaike International

Diplomatic Training Institute, in any account maintained and operated by

Bandaranaike

International

Relations and

Sri Lanka Institute of Strategic Studies such Institute on the date immediately preceding the date of the coming into operation of this Act shall from and after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, be transferred to the Fund of the

Institute established by section 9 ;

(ii)

such of the officers and servants of the

Bandaranaike International Diplomatic

Training Institute as are in the employment of the aforesaid

Bandaranaike International Diplomatic

Training Institute on the date immediately preceding the date of the coming into operation of this Act, as may be required by the Institute, shall, from and after the date of the coming into operation of this Act be deemed to be officers and servants of the Institute, on terms which are not less favourable to those presently being enjoyed by them.”.

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