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(1) There shall be established a body called the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen's Institute, hereafter in this Law referred to as " the Institute " consisting of nine trustees as hereinafter provided. |
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(2) The Institute shall consist of nine trustees appointed as follows:-
| | (a) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Army; | | |
| | (b) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Navy; | | |
| | (c) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Air Force; | | |
| | (d) four trustees appointed by the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen's Association to represent that association; and | | |
| | (e) two trustees appointed by the Minister. | | |
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(3) The Institute shall, by the name assigned to it in subsection (1), be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in such name. |
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(4) If any trustee appointed under subsection (2) is absent from Sri Lanka for a period exceeding three months or dies or resigns from office or becomes incapacitated from acting as a trustee, or if the person or body who appointed such trustee cancels such appointment at his or its discretion, another trustee shall be appointed in like manner to fill the vacancy. |
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