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| (1) The President shall, by Order published in the Gazette
| | (a) constitute a Development Council for each administrative district : | | |
| | (b) assign a name to the Development Council so constituted ; | | |
| | (c) specify the number of elected members that the Council so constituted shall consist of, so however that the number so specified shall be less than the number of Members of Parliament elected for the administrative district for which such Council is constituted: | | |
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| | (a) Every Development Council constituted under subsection (1) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power, subject to this Act, to acquire, hold and sell property, and may sue and be sued by such name as is assigned to it by the Order constituting such Council. | | |
| | (b) The common seal of the Development Council shall remain in the custody of the District Secretary, and shall not be affixed to any contract or other instrument on behalf of the Council, except in the presence of the District Minister or Chairman of the Council and the District Secretary who shall sign their names to such contract or other instrument in token of their presence. | | |
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| (3) No act or proceeding of a Development Council constituted under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy among its members or any defect in the election of a member thereof. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts