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| (1) There shall be for each area determined by the Minister a Cultivation Committee for agricultural lands situated within that area. |
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| (2) Each such Committee shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name assigned to it by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette, |
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| (3) The members of each such Committee shall be appointed by the Minister and shall consist of not less than ten persons empowered by the Minister to represent the interests of persons engaged in agriculture or such other persons as the Minister may think necessary should be appointed. |
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| (4) The Minister shall designate a member of the Committee as the Chairman of such Committee and another member as the Vice Chairman of such Committee. |
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| (5) The term of office of any member of such Committee shall be three years, but-
| | (a) a member who ceases to hold office by effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment, | | |
| | (b) any member of the Committee may resign office by letter addressed to the Minister. | | |
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| (6) The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Committee at which he is present, and in the absence of the Chairman the Vice-Chairman of such Committee shall preside. |
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| (7) Where a member is temporarily unable to discharge the duties of his office on account of ill health, absence from Sri Lanka or any other cause the Minister may appoint some other person to act as a member in his place. |
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| (8) If the Minister is satisfied that any member of the Committee is incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body from discharging the duties of his office or is otherwise unsuited to continue to discharge such duties, the Minister may terminate his appointment and appoint another member to such Committee: |
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| (9) A Cultivation Committee may appoint such servants or agents as it deems fit for the exercise of its powers and the discharge of its duties. |
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| (10) Subject to the other provisions of this Law a Cultivation Committee shall have the power to fix and regulate its own procedure, including the power to determine the number of members necessary to form a quorum. |
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| (11) No act or procedure of a Cultivation Committee shall be invalidated by reason only of the existence of any vacancy among its members. |
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