5. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 12 of the principal Act and shall have effect as section 12A, section 12B and section 12C, of that Act: -
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| | (1) The Minister shall appoint a scientific advisory council, called the Research Planning Council, composed of the director of the Institute, the deputy director (research), the chief engineer, lends of research sections, and six other persons, being persons not in the employ of the institute each of whom shall have distinguished himself in science, engineering or industry. | | |
| | (2) The functions of the Research Planning Council, and the mode and manner of the conduct of meetings of such Council shall he as determined by the Minister. | | |
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| 12B. Any member of the Research Planning Council, who is not in the employ of the Institute, shall, unless he vacates his office earlier, hold office for a term of four years and shad be eligible for reappointment. |
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| 12C. A member of the Research Planning Council who is not in the employ of the Institute shall vacate office-
| | (a) if he resigns office by writing under his land addressed to the Minister: or | | |
| | (b) if, having been adjudged an insolvent or bankrupt, he has not been granted by a competent court a certificate to the effect that his insolvency or bankruptcy has arisen wholly or partly by unavoidable losses or misfortune; or | | |
| | (c) if he is adjudged by a competent court to be of unbound mind.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts