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| (1) There shall be a Provincial Public Service Commission for each Province which shall consist of not less than three persons appointed by the Governor of that , Province. The Governor shall nominate one of the members 'of the Commission to be the Chairman. |
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| (2) No person shall be appointed or continue as a member of a Provincial Public service Commission if he is a Member of Parliament, a member of a Provincial Council, a public officer, a judicial officer or officer of a provincial public service. |
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| (3) Every member of a Provincial Public Service Commission shall. hold office for a period of five years from the date of his appointment, unless he earlier resigns his office by a writing under his hand addressed to the Governor of the Province or is removed from office by such Governor for cause assigned, but shall be eligible for re-appointment. |
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| (4) The Governor may grant leave from his duties to any member of a Provincial Public Service Commission and may appoint a person qualified to be a member of such Commission to be a temporary member for the period of such leave. |
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| (5) A member of a Provincial Public Service Commission may be paid such salary as may be determined by the Provincial Council for that Province. The salary payable to any such, member shall be charged on the Provincial Fund of the Province and shall not be diminished during his term of office. |
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| (6) A Provincial Public Service Commission shall have power to act notwithstanding any vacancy 'in its membership and no act or proceeding of such Commission shall be, or deemed to be, invalid by reason only of any such vacancy or any defect in the appointment of a member. |
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| (7) For the purposes of Chapter IX of the Penal Code, a member of a Provincial Public Service Commission shall be deemed to be-a public servant. |
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| (8) The Governor of a Province shall have the power to alter, vary or rescind any appointment, order of 'transfer, or dismissal or any other order relating to a disciplinary matter made by the Provincial Public Service Commission of that Province. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts