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| (1) The Commission shall consist of"
| | (a) three ex officio members, namely"
| | | (i) a senior officer of the Ministry of the Minister, not below the rank of a Senior Assistant Secretary appointed by such Minister; |
| (ii) a senior officer of the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Policy Planning, not below the rank of a Director appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Policy Planning; |
| (iii) a senior officer of the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, not below the rank of a Director appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance ; and |
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| | (b) five other members appointed by the Minister with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers from among persons who have had experience or have qualifications or shown capacity, in the fields of transport, economics, medicine, administration or engineering. A member appointed under this paragraph is hereinafter referred to as an " appointed member ". | | |
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| (2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or from continuing as a member of the Commission if he is or becomes a Member of Parliament or a Member of a Provincial Council, |
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| (3) Where a member of the Commission is by reason of illness, infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Minister may having regard to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section appoint another person to act in his place. |
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| (4) The Minister may without assigning any reason therefor remove any member of the Commission from office. The removal of any member of the Commission shall not be called in question in any court. |
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| (5) A member of the Commission may resign from the Commission by a letter addressed to the Minister. |
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| (6) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) the term, of office of the appointed members of the Commission shall be three years : |
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| (7) Any appointed member of the Commission vacating office by effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment. |
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| (8)
| | (a) The Minister shall appoint a Chairman of the Commission from among the members of the Commission. | | |
| | (b) The Chairman may resign from the office of Chairman by a letter addressed to the Minister. | | |
| | (c) The Minister may without assigning any reason therefor remove the Chairman from office and such removal shall not be questioned in any Court. | | |
| | (d) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the term of office of the Chairman be his period of membership in the Commission. | | |
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| (9) The Commission may delegate to the Chairman any or all of the powers conferred to imposed on or assigned to the Commission by this Act other than the power conferred on the Commission by this subsection. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts