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| (1) The Board of Education and Administration shall be the executive body of the University. |
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| (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) the Board of Education and Administration shall consist of-
| | (a) the Dharmapithadhipati who shall be the Chairman of the Board of Education and Administration ; | | |
| | (b) the Head of each Department of Study in the University ; | | |
| | (c) six Bhikkhus nominated by the Anusasaka Mandalaya ; | | |
| | (d) the Chairman of the Dayaka Mandalaya ; | | |
| | | (f) the Director-General of Education or an officer nominated in that behalf by the Director-General of Education provided, however, that the officer so nominated is a person who professes Buddhism; and | | |
| | (g) the Director of Cultural Affairs. | | |
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| (3) Where the Director-General of Education or the Director of Cultural Affairs is a person who does not profess Buddhism, the Minister shall, in place of the Director General of Education or the Director of Cultural Affairs, as the case may be, nominate to the Board of Education and Administration an officer who holds a pest of similar status and who professes Buddhism. |
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| (4) In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Education and Administration from any meeting of the Board, the members of the Board present at the meeting shall elect from their own number a Chairman for that meeting. |
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| (5) The quorum for a meeting of the Board of Education and Administration shall be seven. |
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