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| (1) Every trustee of a registered mosque shall vacate his office-
| | | (b) if he is convicted by a competent court of an offence involving moral turpitude; or | | |
| | (c) if he is adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or | | |
| | (d) if, having been adjudged an insolvent or a 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 misfortunes; or | | |
| | (e) if he resigns office by writing under his hand addressed to the Commissioner; or | | |
| | (f) if the board removes him from office under section 29. | | |
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| (2) Where a trustee of a registered mosque vacates office, the board may, taking into account the matters specified in section 14 (1), appoint in his place a new trustee for such period, not exceeding five years, as may be specified in his instrument of appointment. |
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| (3) When a trustee vacates office the other trustees shall, during the continuance of the vacancy, exercise the powers vested in, and perform the duties imposed on, trustees by or under this Act. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts