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| (1) The Board shall consist of -
| | (a) a Chairman nominated by the Prime Minister; | | |
| | (b) the person holding office for the time being as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs or any Senior Assistant Secretary to that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry; | | |
| | (c) the person holding office for the time being as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance or any Senior Assistant Secretary to that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry; | | |
| | (d) the person holding office for the time being as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture or any Senior Assistant Secretary to that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry; | | |
| | (e) the person holding office for the time being as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade or any Senior Assistant Secretary to that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry; and | | |
| | (f) six other members nominated by the Prime Minister from among persons who appear to him to have a knowledge of, and experience in, the tea industry, with special reference to planting, manufacture, sale, export and finance. | | |
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| (2) A person shall be disqualified for nomination, or for continuing, as a member of the Board -
| | (a) if he is or becomes a Senator or a Member of Parliament; or
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| | (b) if he is not, or ceases to be, a citizen of Ceylon.
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| (3) The Chairman and the members nominated under paragraph (f) of sub-section (1) shall hold office for a term of five years but shall be eligible for renomination. |
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| (4) The Prime Minister may remove the Chairman or any other nominated member of the Board from office- |
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(a) if he becomes subject to the disqualification mentioned in sub-section (2); or |
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(b) if he becomes permanently incapable of performing his duties owing to physical disability or unsoundness of mind; or |
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(c) if he has done any act or thing which, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, is likely to bring the Board into disrepute. |
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| (5) In the event of the vacation of office by the Chairman or any other nominated member of the Board, or his removal from office under the provisions of the preceding sub-section, another person shall be nominated by the Prime Minister in his place to hold office during the unexpired part of his term of office. |
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| (6) If the Chairman or any other nominated member of the Board is temporarily unable to discharge the duties of his office due to ill health or absence from Ceylon or for any other cause, the Prime Minister may nominate some other person to act in his place as Chairman or as a member. |
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| (7) The members of the Board shall be remunerated in such manner and at such rates, and shall be subject to such other conditions of service, as may be determined by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance. |
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| (8) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the nomination of a member thereof. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts