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| (1) The administration and management of the affairs be vested in a Board of Governors (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") which shall exercise perform ; the powers duties and functions conferred or imposed on or assigned to the Council by this Act. |
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| | (a) the Board shall consist of not more than nineteen members elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made the thereunder ; | | |
| | (b) the Board may by rule, provide for the election or appointment from among non-corporate members of the Council of not more than three persons to be members of the Board to represent such non-corporate members or any class thereof, with such rights and privileges as may be prescribed by such rules. | | |
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| (3) Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this section, the first Board shall consist of the persons who were, on the date of commencement of this Act the members of the Board of Governors of the Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologist. |
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| (4) No act or proceeding of the Council or of the Board shall be or shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of the existence of vacancy in the Board or any defect in the election or appointment of any member of the Board. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts