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| (1) The Minister may, with a view to facilitating the effective participation of the people in local government and development functions, by Order published in the Gazette declare any area to be a Pradeshiya Sabha area for the purposes of this Act and shall define the administrative limits of the area so declared. The administrative limits of every Pradeshiya Sabha area so declared shall, as far as possible, correspond to limits of an Assistant Government Agent's division excluding any areas comprised in a Municipality or a town (within the meaning of the Urban Councils Ordinance) which falls within the limits of such Assistant Government Agent's division. The Minister may by the same Order or by a subsequent Order, constitute a Pradeshiya Sabha for such Pradeshiya Sabha area and assign a name to such Sabha. |
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| (2) Every Pradeshiya Sabha constituted by an Order under subsection (1) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and sell property and may sue and be sued in such name. |
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| (3) The common seal of the Pradeshiya Sabha shall remain in the custody of the Secretary of such Sabha, and shall not be affixed to any contract or other instrument on behalf of the Pradeshiya Sabha, except in the presence of the Chairman and the, Secretary of such Sabha, who shall sign their names to such contract or other instrument in token of their presence. |
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| (4) No act or proceeding of a Pradeshiya Sabha constituted by an Order under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy among its members or any defect in the election of a member thereof. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts