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| (1) The Council of the University (in this Act referred to as "the Council"), shall be the executive and governing body of the University and shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor and fourteen other members, appointed (hereinafter referred to as " appointed members ") by the President, of whom nine members shall be Bhikkhus. |
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| (2) The Chairman of the Council shall be the Vice- Chancellor who shall preside at all meetings of the Council If the Chairman is unable to preside at a meeting, the members shall elect any member present to preside at such meeting. |
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| (3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), any appointed member of the Council shall, unless he vacates office earlier, hold office for a term of three years reckoned from the date of his appointment and shall, unless, removed from office, be eligible for reappointment: |
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| (4) An appointed member of the Council may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the council. |
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| (5) An appointed member of the Council who, without leave from the Council, absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Council, shall be deemed to have vacated-his office as a member of the Council and the President shall appoint a fit person to fill the resulting vacancy. |
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| (6) A member of the Council shall not be entitled to any remuneration but may be paid such allowance as the President may determine in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of finance. |
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| (7) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be one-third of its total membership. |
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| (8) The Council shall meet whenever necessary so how ever that it meets on not less than ten occasions in a year.. |
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| (9) The Chairman of the Council shall, whenever he thinks necessary or within one week upon the receipt by him of a written requisition from not less than one-third of the total membership of the Council, convene a special meeting of the Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts