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| (1) The Board shall consist of the following members:-
| | (a) four members who shall be appointed by the Minister from among persons who appear to the Minister to have wide experience, and shown capacity, in engineering, finance, public health, administration or law; | | |
| | (b) the Commissioner of Local Government or his representative; | | |
| | (c) one member being an officer of the General Treasury nominated by the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance; | | |
| | (d) one member being an officer of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry: | | |
| | (e) one member being an officer of the Ministry of Health nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry. | | |
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| (2) The Minister shall appoint the Chairman and may appoint a Vice-Chairman of the Board from the appointed members of the Board. |
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| (3) A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Board, or for continuing as a member of the Board,-
| | (a) if he is or becomes a Member of the National State Assembly, or a member of any local authority; or | | |
| | (b) if he is or becomes an employee of the Board. | | |
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| (4) A, member of the Board who is in any way. directly or indirectly, interested in any contract made or proposed to be made by the Board shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board, and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board, and the member shall not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Board with regard to that contract. |
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| (5) The Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interest of the efficient performance of the functions of the Board, remove, by Order published in the Gazette, any appointed member of the Board from office without reason stated. |
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| (6) An appointed member of the Board may at any time resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister. |
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| (7) If the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or any other appointed member of the Board, is temporarily unable to discharge the duties of his office on account of ill health or absence from Sri Lanka or for any other cause, the Minister may, having due regard to the provisions of subsection (1), appoint some other person to act in his place as the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or as a member, as the case may be. |
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| (8) Every appointed member of the Board shall, unless he earlier vacates office, hold office for a period of five years: |
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| (9) Any appointed member of the Board who vacates office shall be eligible for reappointment. |
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| (10) An appointed member of the Board shall be deemed to have vacated his office-
| | (a) on sending his resignation to the Minister; or | | |
| | (b) on his removal from office by the Minister; or | | |
| | (c) on his becoming disqualified for continuing as a member; or | | |
| | (d) on the expiry of his term of office. | | |
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| (11) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the appointment or nomination of a member thereof. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts