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| (1) The Board shall consist of the following:-
| | (a) the ex-officio members of the Foundation referred to in paragraph (a) of section 5; | | |
| | (b) other members, namely-
| | | (i) the two appointed members of the Foundation referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of section; |
| (ii) the two elected members of the Foundation in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of section 5; |
| (iii) one life member of the Foundation elected by the life members of the Foundation from among themselves; |
| (iv) one ordinary member of the Foundation elected by the ordinary members of the Foundation from among themselves; |
| (v) eight institutional members of the Foundation elected by the ex-officio members of the Foundation from among the Institutional members of the Foundation. |
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| (2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or from continuing as a member of the Board, if he is or becomes, a member of Parliament, a member of a Provincial Council or a member of a local authority. |
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| (3) The Board shall have the power to make rules regulating the procedure relating to its meetings and the transaction of business at such meetings. |
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| (4) The Board shall hold at least two meetings a year. |
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| | (a) The members of the Board shall elect from among themselves three members to be Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the Board. | | |
| | (b) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) the first Chairman of the Board shall be the Director General of Archaeology. | | |
| | (c) The First Chairman appointed under paragraph (b) shall hold office for a period of five years calculated from the date of commencement of this Act. | | |
| | (d) Where the Chairman or Vice Chairman is by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the members of the Board may elect another member of the Board in his place. | | |
| | (e) The Chairman, (other than the first Ex-officio Chairman, appointed under paragraph (b) or the Vice Chairman may resign from their respective offices by letter addressed to the Board. | | |
| | (f) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), (c), (d) and (e) the terms of office of Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be their respective periods of membership of the Board. | | |
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| (6) A member of the Board elected under subparagraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section may resign from office by letter in that behalf addressed to the Board. |
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| (7) A member of the Board elected under sub-paragraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section may be removed from office by the body of persons electing such member. |
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| (8) Subject to the provisions of subsections (6) and (7), the term of office of a member elected under sub-paragraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be three year's. |
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| (9) Where any member of the Board elected under subparagraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section dies or resigns or is removed from office, the body of persons electing such member may elect another person to be a member in place of the member who dies, resigns or is removed from office. |
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| (10) Where any member of the Board elected under subparagraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section is by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka, temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the body of persons electing such member may elect another person to act in his place. |
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| (11) A member elected under subsection (9) or (10) shall, unless he earlier resigns or vacates his office by death or removal, hold office for the unexpired part of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. |
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| (12) Any member of the Board elected under sub paragraph (iii) or (iv) or (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section who vacates his office shall be eligible for re-election, unless he has been removed from office. |
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| (13) Every ex-officio member of the Board shall hold office as long as he holds the post by virtue of which he is a member of the Board. |
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| (14) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the Board or any defect in the appointment or election of any member thereof. |
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| (15) The Chairman or in his absence the Vice-Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board. In the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice - Chairman from any meeting of the Board a member elected by the members present shall preside at such meeting. |
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| (16) All questions for decision at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the members present. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman or any other member presiding at any meeting of the Board shall in addition to his own vote, have a casting vote. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts