Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

National Science Council Of Ceylon Act (No. 9 of 1968)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.	   Short title and date of operation  
   2.	   Establishment of the National Science Council of Ceylon  
   3.	   Functions of the Council  
   4.	   Powers of the Council  
   5.	   Council to comply with Minister's directions  
   6.	   Constitution of the Council  
   7.	   Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council  
   8.	   Term of office of the members of the Council  
   9.	   Power of the Minister to remove from office a member of the Council  
   10.	   Resignation of members  
   11.	   Casual vacancies among members  
   12.	   Temporary appointments of members of the Council  
   13.	   Eligibility of members for reappointment  
   14.	   Acts or proceedings of the Council deemed not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy, or defect in the appointment, of a member.  
   15.	   Application of the seal of the Council  
   16.	   Reimbursement of expenses of members of the Council  
   17.	   Meetings of the Council  
   18.	   Appointment of the Secretary-General and other officers and servants of the Council,  
   19.	   Powers of the Council in regard to the staff of the Council  
   20.	   Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Council  
   21.	   The Fund of the Council  
   22.	   Borrowing powers of the Council  
   23.	   Income of the Council  
   24.	   Accounts of the Council and financial year  
   25.	   Estimate of income and expenditure of the Council for each financial year to be transmitted to the Minister  
   26.	   Audit of the accounts of the Council  
   27.	   The Auditor General's Report  
   28.	   Annual accounts with the auditor's report and a report of the annual activities of the Council to be transmitted to the Minister  
   29.	   Power of Council to make rules  
   30.	   Members and employees of the Council deemed to be public servants  
   31.	   The Council deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act  
   32.	   Contracts  
   33.	   Returns and information  
   34.	   Power to enter any land or premises  
   35.	   Offences and penalties  
   36.	   This Act to prevail over other written law