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| (1) Where a People's Committee, hereinafter referred to as " the Committee ", is to be established for any area of authority, the Minister shall by notice published in the Gazette or in such other manner as may be determined by him, notify to the public that it is intended to constitute a People's Committee for such area of authority and that recommendations under sub-section (3) may be made to him in writing within such time as shall be specified in the notice in regard to the persons who are fit for appointment to such Committee. |
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| (2) The Committee stall consist of eleven persons appointed by the Minister, three of whom shall be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years, and one of whom shall be the elected member representing the ward which constitutes the area of authority of the Committee. |
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| (3) Where the area of administrative authority or activity, as the case may be, of any local authority, rural development society, praja mandalaya, co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Ordinance, trade union registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance or of any Member of Parliament is situated in whole or part within the area of authority for which a People's Committee is to be constituted, then each such person or body of persons may within the time allowed therefor by the notice under sub-section (1) recommend in writing to the Minister such persons as are in the opinion of the recommending person or body of persons fit to be members of such Committee. |
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| (4) The Minister shall take into consideration such recommendations as may be made under sub-section (3) in appointing the members of the Committee. |
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| (5) The Minister may without assigning reason remove from office any member of the Committee. |
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| (6) A member of the Committee shall be deemed to have vacated his office-
| | (a) on death or on resignation from office by letter addressed to the Minister; or | | |
| | (b) on his removal from office by the Minister; or | | |
| | (c) on expiry of his term of office; or | | |
| | (d) in the case of the elected member for the ward, upon his ceasing to be the member for the ward; or | | |
| | (e) upon absence from meetings of the Committee without the permission of the Chairman, for a continuous period of two months. | | |
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| (7) The Minister shall, when constituting the Committee, give a name to the Committee. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts