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10. Selection Committees

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

(1)

The Board shall following such procedure as may be prescribed appoint Selection Committees.

(2)

It shall be the duty of a Selection Committee appointed under subsection (1) to examine and ascertain the accuracy of the statements contained in the declarations forwarded to the Board under subsection (3) of section 7 and the accuracy of any notification provided to the Board by any person in terms of subsection (1) of section 7.

(3)

The Selection Committee shall after inquiring into the declarations submitted to it and after making such inquiries as it deems necessary, forward to the Board a list containing the names of the persons who in their opinion ought to be eligible to receive welfare benefit payments in terms of any prescribed Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme.