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| (1) The administration and management of the affairs of the Institute shall be vested in a Council which shall perform the functions and duties and may exercise the powers of the Institute under this Law. |
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| (2) The Council shall consist of a President, Senior Vice-President, Vice-President, the immediate Past President, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Assistant Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Assistant Treasurer, and such other number of members, not less than six and not more than eleven elected or appointed in accordance with the regulations of the Institute, The Council may by regulation provide for the election or appointment, from among the non-corporate members of the Institute, of not more than three other persons as members of the Council, to represent such non-corporate members or any class thereof, with such rights and privileges as may be prescribed. |
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this section, the first Council shall consist of the persons who were, on the date of commencement of this Law, the members of the Council of the Ceylon Institute of Architects. |
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| (4) No act or proceeding of the Institute or of the Council shall be or shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy in the Council or any defect in the election or appointment of any member of the Council. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts