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| (1) The Board shall consist of the following members: -
| | (a) a Chairman appointed by the Minister; | | |
| | (b) two members appointed by the Minister from among persons who have had wide experience or shown capacity in agricultural, commercial or financial matters or in administration; | | |
| | (c) one member nominated by the Minister of Finance; and | | |
| | (d) three ex officio members, being-
| | | (i) the Commissioner of Food, |
| (ii) the Commissioner of Co-operative Development, and |
| (iii) the Commissioner of Agrarian Services. |
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| (2) The Minister may appoint one of the members of the Board, other than the Chairman, to be the Vice-Chairman of the Board. |
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| (3) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or being a member of the Board, if he is a Senator or Member of Parliament. |
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| (4) Before appointing a person to be a member of the Board, the Minister shall satisfy himself that such person will have no financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by such person of his functioning as a member of the Board; and the Minister shall also satisfy himself from time to time, with respect to every member of the Board appointed by the Minister that he has no such interest. |
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| (5) A member of the Board who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Board shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board and the member shall not take part in the deliberation or decision of the Board with respect to that contract. |
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| (6) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (7) every member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, shall-
Provided that a member appointed by the Minister to fill a vacancy in the office of a member of the Board, shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. | | (a) hold office for a period of three years; and | | |
| | (b) be eligible for reappointment: | | |
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| (7) The Minister may in the interest and efficient performance of the functions or the discharge of the duties of the Board remove from office any appointed member. |
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| (8) The removal of any member of the Board from office under sub-section (7) shall not be called in question in any Court. |
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| (9) A member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, may resign from the Board by letter addressed to the Minister. |
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| (10) Where any member of the Board becomes by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Ceylon, temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office the Minister may having regard to the provisions of sub-section (1) appoint a fit person to act in his place. |
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| (11) If the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board becomes by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Ceylon, temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office the Minister may appoint a fit person to act" in his place. |
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| (12) The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members of the Board shall be remunerated in such manner and at such rates and shall be subject to the conditions of service as may be determined by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance. |
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| (13) The Minister may without assigning any reason terminate the appointment of the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman of the Board. The termination of appointment of the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman of the Board shall not be called in question in any Court. |
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| (14) The Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board may resign the office of such Chairman or Vice-Chairman by letter addressed to the Minister. |
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| (15) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be three members of the Board and subject as aforesaid the Board may regulate its own procedure. |
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| (16) The Board may act notwithstanding its vacancies amongst its members. |
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| (17) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (13), the term of office of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Board shall be the period of their membership of the Board. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts