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| (1) Every Provincial Council shall, as soon as may be choose two members of the Council to be respectively Chairman and Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office, of Chairman or Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Chairman or Deputy Chairman, as the case may be. |
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| (2) A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Provincial Council
| | (a) shall vacate his office if .he ceases to be a member of the Council; | | |
| | (b) may at any time by writing under his hand addressed, if such member is the Chairman, to the Deputy Chairman and if such member is the Deputy Chairman to the Chairman, resign his office; | | |
| | (c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council passed by a majority of the whole number of members of the Council (including those not present) : | | |
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| (3) While the office of Chairman is vacant, the duties of the office shall be performed by the Deputy Chairman or, if the office of Deputy Chairman is also vacant, by such member of the Council as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Council. |
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| (4) During the absence of the Chairman from any sitting of the Council, the Deputy Chairman, or, if he is also absent, such person as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Council, or, if no such person is present, such other person as may be determined by the Council shall act as Chairman. |
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| (5) There shall be paid to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Council such salaries and allowances as may be fixed by the Provincial Council, by statue and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such salaries and allowances as the Governor may, with the approval of the President, by order, determine, |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts