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| | (a) There may be appointed, by name or by office, for the purposes of this Act, a Commissioner of Poor Relief (hereinafter referred to as the" Commissioner ") | | |
| | (b) Until and unless a Commissioner is appointed under paragraph ( a), the Director of Social Services shall exercise, perform and discharge, the powers, duties and functions, conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, the Commissioner by this Act. | | |
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| (2) There shall be appointed, by name or by office such number of Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of Poor Relief as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. |
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| (3) Every Government Agent may in relation to the administrative district to which his appointment relates, exercise, perform and discharge, the powers, duties and functions, conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, a Deputy Commissioner by this Act. Every Assistant Government Agent may, in relation to the administrative division to which his appointment relates, exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, an Assistant Commissioner by this Act. |
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| (4) Subject to subsection (3), any Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner may be appointed for the whole of Sri Lanka or for any part thereof. |
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| (5) There may also be appointed such clerical and minor staff as may be necessary to assist the aforesaid officers in the administration of this Act. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts