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(1) The Minister shall appoint a Chairman of the Board from among the members of the Board. |
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(2) The Chairman of the Board shall be its chief executive officer and shall preside at all meetings of the Board. In the event of his absence from any meeting, the members of the Board present at such meeting shall elect one of their number to preside at such meeting. |
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(3) If the Chairman of the Board becomes by reason of illness or other infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint any other member of the Board to act in his place. |
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(4) The Minister may, without assigning any reason, terminate the appointment of the Chairman. The termination of the appointment of the Chairman shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be called in question in any court. |
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(5) The Chairman of any meeting of the Board shall, in addition to his own vote, have a casting vote. |
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(6) The Chairman may resign the office of' Chairman by letter addressed to the Minister. |
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(7) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) and subsection (6) the term of office of the Chairman shall be the period of his membership of the Board. |
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