Development Lotteries Board Act (No. 20 of 1997)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Constitution of the Board

(1) The Board shall consist of-

(a) the following ex-officio members :-

(i) the Chairman of the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund or his representative ;

(ii) the secretary to the President or his representative;

(iii) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister or his representative; and

	(b) two other members appointed by the Minister.

(2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or continuing as a member of the Board if he-

	(a) is a Member of Parliament, a member of a Provincial Council or a member of a local authority ;

	(b) directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, holds or enjoys any right or benefit under any contract made by or on behalf of, the Board;

	(c) is under any law in force in Sri Lanka or any other country, found or declared to be of unsound mind ;

	(d) is a person who, having been declared an insolvent, or a bankrupt under any law in force in Sri Lanka or in any other country, is an undischarged insolvent or bankrupt; or

	(e) is a person on whom a sentence of imprisonment (including a suspended sentence) has been imposed by any court in Sri Lanka or in any other country.