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| (1) The affairs of the Centre shall be administered by a Board of Governors (in this Act referred to as the "Board ") consisting of the following members :
| | (a) four ex officio members, namely
| | | (i) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Higher Education ; |
| (ii) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa; |
| (iii) the Chairman of the Computer and Information Technology Council of Sri Lanka; and |
| (iv) the Director of the Centre, appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 13; |
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| | (b) six members to be appointed by the President in consultation with the Minister ; four of them being persons who are involved in or have professional experience in the application or development of communications, computers, space and energy technologies; and two being persons who have professional standing in relation to the work of any Institute the objects of which are similar to that of the Centre and who may be selected from among persons -
| | | (i) residing in Sri Lanka ; |
| (ii) engaged in work in any organization providing funds for the Centre; or |
| (iii) residing in countries making a substantial financial contribution to the Centre; and |
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| | (c) two members selected from among its members by the Technical Advisory Council (referred to in subsection (1) of section 11) each of whom shall hold office for three years or until he ceases to be a member of the Council whichever date is earlier. | | |
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| (2) The President shall, in consultation with the Minister, appoint from among the members of the Board, two persons, who shall be the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board. |
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| (3) A vacancy created by a member appointed by the President, by death, resignation or removal shall be filled by the President. Any person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of his predecessor. |
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| (4) A vacancy occuring as a result of a member elected under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 4, by death, resignation, cessation of office as a member of the Technical Advisory Council or removal shall be filled by the Technical Advisory Council by electing a member there of who shall hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of his predecessor. |
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| (5) A member appointed by the President under para graph (b) of subsection (1) of section 4 or elected by the Technical Advisory Council under paragraph (c) of sub section (1) of section 4 may, at any time, resign his office by letter addressed to the President and such resignation shall not take effect until the President intimates in writing to such member that such resignation has been accepted. |
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| (6) A member appointed by the President under this section may be removed by him at any time without reasons assigned and such removal shall not be questioned in any court. |
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