Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Foundation (Incorporation) Act 1998 · As enacted · Part I · Establishment of the Vuaya Kumaratunga Memorial Foundation
3. Members of the Board of Management of the Foundation
Feedback & supportOfficial English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
The Foundation shall be administered by a Board of Management, (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
“Board”) consisting of the following members :—
the President of the Republic ;
the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament ;
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ;
the Auditor-General ;
Mrs. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga during her lifetime, and thereafter, the oldest surviving descendant of the late Mr. Vijaya Kumaratunga :
2-—-D 647287—8,550(98/03)
Provided, however, that if Mrs. Chandrika
Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is, for any period, an ex-officio member of the Board, the oldest surviving descendant of the Jate Mr. Vijaya Kumaratunga may, during such period, serve as a member of the Board :
Provided, further, that in the event of the oldest surviving descendant being unwilling or unable to serve as a member of the Board, the next oldest surviving descendant may serve as a member of the
Board ; and
two persons appointed by Mrs. Chandrika
Bandaranaike Kumaratunga during her lifetime, and thereafter by the Board, from among persons of recognized competence or eminence in foreign affairs, law, education or the arts.
A member appointed under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) may resign from office by a letter in that behalf, addressed to the Board.
Amember appointed under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) may be removed from office at any time by Mrs. Chandrika
Bandaranaike Kumaratunga or the Board, as the case may be.
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, the term of office of a member appointed under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) shall be three years from the date of his appointment.
Amember appointed under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) who vacates office by effluxion of time, shall be eligible for re-appointment.
A member referred to in paragraphs (a), (5), (c) or (d)
of subsection (1), shall hold office so long as such member holds the office by virtue of which he is a member of the
Board.
Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Foundation
The Chairman of the Board shall be the President. In the absence of the President 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 (5), the Board may regulate the procedure in regard to the meetings of the
Board and the transaction of business at such meetings.
No act or proceeding of the Board shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the
Board or any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.
All questions for decision at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the members present. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman or any other member presiding at any meeting of the Board shall, in addition to his own vote, have a casting vote.