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| (1) There shall be a Chairman and Vice-Chairman for each Village Council who shall be members and be elected in accordance with the provisions of written law for the time being applicable in that behalf. | | |
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| (2) The Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a Village Council shall hold office for the term of office of the Council unless he resigns or vacates such office. When-ever a Chairman or Vice-Chairman vacates his office he shall at the same time cease to be a member. | | |
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| (3) The Chairman of a Village Council shall subject to the provisions of section 28 of Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1971, be the chief executive officer of the Council and all executive acts and responsibilities which are by this Ordinance or any other written law directed or empowered to be done or discharged by the Council may, unless the contrary intention appears from the context, be done or discharged by the Chairman. | | |
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| (4) The Chairman may by order in writing delegate to the Vice-Chairman or any officer of the Council any of the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon or vested in the Chairman by this Ordinance or any other written law. | | |
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| (5)The exercise, discharge or performance by the Vice-Chairman or any other officer of the Council of any power, function or duty delegated to him by order of the Chairman shall be subject to the direction and control of the Chairman "and shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions and limited to such purpose or purposes as may be specified in the order and any such delegation may at any time be varied or cancelled by the order of the Chairman. | | |
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| (6) During the period commencing on the date of occurrence of a vacancy in the office of Chairman and ending on the date of election of a new Chairman or during the period of absence of the Chairman on account of illness or other unavoidable cause the Vice-Chairman may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as the Chairman. | | |
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| (7) Whenever the office of Chairman of a Village Council falls vacant information of the occurrence of the vacancy shall forthwith be given by the officer in charge of the Council office. Upon the receipt of such information the elections officer shall proceed to fill the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of written law for the time being applicable in that behalf. | | |
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| (8) On vacating office whether by operation of law or by resignation, the Chairman of a Village Council shall hand over charge of all minute books, accounts, records, furniture and other property of the Council, either personally or by a duly authorized person-
| | | (a) to the person duly elected to succeed him as Chairman, with-in forty-eight hours of the receipt of notice of the election of such successor, or |
| (b) where a successor is not elected within a period of fourteen days of the occurrence of the vacancy, to the Assistant Commissioner or an officer or person deputed in that behalf by the Assistant Commissioner within forty-eight hours after the expiry of the aforesaid period of fourteen days." |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts