2. Section 2A of the Council of Legal Education Ordinance is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the repeal of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution of the following paragraphs therefor:
| | ' (c) the Attorney-General; | | |
| | (ca) two Judges of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice ; | | |
| | (cb) the Solicitor-General ; | | |
| | (cc) two members nominated by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as " nominated members ") from among its members ; | | |
| | (d) six other members appointed by the Minister (hereinafter referred to as " appointed members "), from among persons of standing in the legal profession or persons who hold or have held judicial office or who-are or have been engaged in the teaching of law or legal research or who have secured academic distinction in law or made contributions to legal knowledge.' | | |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsection :
| | "(2B) Every nominated member shall, unless he earlier vacates his office by death or resignation or removal, hold office for a period of three years from the date of his nomination, and shall be eligible for re-nomination : | | |
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| (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (3) of that section of the following new subsection:
| | " (3A) Any nominated member may resign his office by letter addressed to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. " ; | | |
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| (4) by the insertion immediately after subsection (4) of that section of the following new subsection :
| | " (4A) Where any nominated member becomes, . by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka, temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka may, nominate a fit and proper person to act in place of that member. " ; | | |
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| (5) in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution for the words 'five members", of the word " eight members " ; and |
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| (6) in subsection (6) of that section, by the substitution for the words "the appointment of any member", of the words " the appointment or nomination of and member ". |
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