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| (1) The Vice-Chancellor of a University shall be a person of eminence appointed by the Minister out of a panel of at least three names recommended by the National Council. |
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| (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole-time officer of a University, and shall be the principal executive and academic officer thereof. He shall be an ex officio member and Chairman of the Board of Regents and of the Senate. He shall convene all meetings of such Board, and Senate, and shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, and the Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, if any, preside at any Convocation of the University. He shall be entitled to convene, be present at, and speak at, any meeting of any other Authority or body of the University, but shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting unless he is a member of such other Authority or body. |
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| (3) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor of a University, in accordance with such directions as may from time to time be issued to him in that behalf by the Board of Regents, to ensure that the provisions of this Act and any appropriate Instruments, are duly observed, and he shall have and may exercise all such powers as he may deem necessary for the purpose. |
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| (4) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor of a University to give effect, or to ensure that effect is given, to the decisions of the Board of Regents and of the Senate. |
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| (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible for the discipline of a University. |
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| (6) The Vice-Chancellor of a University shall, unless he earlier vacates office, hold office for a term of five years, or until he has completed his sixty-fifth year, whichever event occurs earlier, and shall thereafter be deemed to have voluntarily retired: |
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| (7) If the Vice-Chancellor of a University, by reason of leave, illness, absence from Ceylon, or other cause, is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Minister may, within a period of fourteen days from the date of such inability, make such arrangements as he may think fit for carrying on the office. Until such arrangements are made, the Secretary thereof shall carry on the routine duties of the office. |
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