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| (1) Every appointment to a post of Professor or Reader in a University shall be made by the Board of Regents, upon the recommendation of a Selection Committee appointed by that Board. Subject to the condition that at least one-half of the members of that Committee shall also be members of the Senate among whom shall be the Dean of the Faculty and the Professor or Head of the Department to which the appointment is to be made (where such a Professor or Head of Department is himself not a candidate for the post), that Committee shall be constituted in such manner as may be prescribed by Statute. |
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| (2) Every appointment to any post, other than that of Professor or Reader, in a University shall be made by the Board of Regents in accordance with the procedure laid down by Regulations made by the National Council. |
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| (3) Every appointment to a post of Professor or Reader in a University shall, in the first instance, be an acting appointment for a period of one year, and shall be thereafter subject to confirmation by the Board of Regents: |
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| (4) Every appointment to a post of teacher, other than that of Professor or Reader, in a University-
| | (a) shall, in the first instance, be for such probationary period of not less than one year as may be determined in accordance with the schemes of recruitment embodied in the Regulations made by the National Council; and | | |
| | (b) shall be subject to such requirements or conditions as to confirmation as may be provided in such schemes. | | |
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| (5) The holder of a post of Professor, or Reader, or any teacher, in a University who has been confirmed in his post shall continue in that post until he has completed his sixty-second year, or if he completes his sixty-second year in the course of an academic year, until the last day of such academic year, and shall thereafter be deemed to have voluntarily retired: |
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| (6)
| | (a) Every appointment to a post, other than that of Professor or Reader or any other teacher, in a University, shall, in the first instance, be for a probationary period of three years, and shall thereafter be subject to confirmation by the Board of Regents on the recommendation of the appropriate authority of the University. | | |
| | (b) The holder of any post, other than that of Professor or Reader or any other teacher, in a University shall continue in office until he completes his fifty-fifth year, and he shall thereafter be deemed to have voluntarily retired from service: | | |
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| (7) Every holder of a post in a University who is dismissed or compulsorily retired from his post may appeal against such dismissal or retirement to the National Council whose decision in such appeal shall be final and conclusive. |
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| (8) For the purposes of this section, the term-
| | (a) " Professor " shall be deemed to include a Librarian; and | | |
| | (b) " teacher " shall be deemed to include an Assistant Librarian. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts