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| (1) The Council shall consist of the following :"
| | (a) ex-officio members, namely"
| | | (i) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Education who shall be the Chairman; |
| (ii) the Director-General of the National Institute of Education established by the National Institute of Education Act, No. 28 of 1985, who shall be a Vice Chairman ; |
| (iii) the Chairman of the National Education Commission established by the National Education Commission Act, No. 19 of 1991 who shall be a Vice Chairman ; |
| (iv) the Chairman of the University Grants Commission established by the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978; |
| (v) the Deans of the Faculties of Education in alt Universities of Sri Lanka established or deemed to be established under the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978; |
| (vi) The Chief Commissioner of Teacher Education ; |
| (vii) the Director-General of the Authority appointed under section 10; |
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| | (b) other members, namely-
| | | (i) a representative of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, appointed by the Minister ; |
| (ii) a representative of the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Public Administration, appointed by the Minister ; and |
| (iii) eight other persons appointed by the Minister from among persons who have distinguished them selves in the field of education. |
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| (2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or from continuing as a member of the Council, if he is or becomes, a member of Parliament, a member of a Provincial Council or member of a local authority, |
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| (3) livery member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (I) shall vacate office as such member if he-
| | (a) in removed from office by the Minister; or | | |
| | (b) resigns his office by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation is accepted in writing by the Minister. | | |
| | (c) retires from office under subsection (8). | | |
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| | (a) Where a member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) dies or resigns or is removed or retires from office, the Minister may, having regard to the provisions of that paragraph, appoint another person to be a member in place of the member who dies, resigns or is removed or retires from office. | | |
| | (b) Any member of the Council appointed under paragraph (a) of this subsection, shall, unless he earlier resigns or vacates his office by death, removal or retirement, hold office for the unexpired part of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. | | |
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| (5) Where a member of the Council appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) is by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka, temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint another person to act in his place. |
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| (6) Subject to the provisions of subsection (9), every member appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall, unless he vacates office earlier by death, resignation or removal, hold office for a period of four years from the date of his appointment to such office. |
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| (7) Every ex-officio member of the Council shall hold office as long as he holds the post by virtue of which he is a member of the Council. |
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| (8) One-half of the members of the Council appointed under sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (6) of subsection (1) shall retire at the end of every second year, calculated from the appointed date. |
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| (9) The members of the Council who shall retire under subsection (8) shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (10), be the members who have served the longest in office as at the end of every second year, but as between members who have served for periods of equal length, the member who shall retire shall be determined by lot drawn by the Chairman of the Council. |
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| (10) For the purpose of securing that one half of the members of the Council appointed under sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall retire every second year, the term of office of four of the members first appointed to the Council shall terminate at the expiry of a period of two years from the dates of their appointment, as specified in their letters of appointment. |
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| (11) Any member who vacates his office otherwise than by removal from office under paragraph (a) of subsection (3), shall he eligible for reappointment. |
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| (12) The members of the Council may be paid such remuneration out of the Fund of the Authority as may be determined by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts