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| (1) The Corporation may, with the approval in writing of the Minister, appoint a competent and experienced person in the field of television broadcasting as Director-General : |
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| (2) The Director-General shall, subject to the general direction of the Corporation on matters of policy, be charged with direction of the business of the Corporation and the exercise, performance and discharge of its powers, duties and functions and the administrative control of the employees of the Corporation. |
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| (3) The Director-General may, with the approval in writing of the Corporation, delegate in writing to any other employee of the Corporation such of his powers, duties or functions as he may, from time to time, consider necessary, and any employee to whom such powers, duties or functions are so delegated shall exercise, perform and discharge such powers, duties and functions subject to the general or special directions of the Director-General. |
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| (4) The Director-General
| | (a) shall retire from office on reaching the age of sixty years; | | |
| | (b) may at any time, with the prior approval of the Minister, be removed from office. | | |
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| (5) If the Director-General is temporarily absent from Sri Lanka or is temporarily unable to perform his duties due to illness or other incapacity, another person may be appointed by the Corporation with the approval in writing of the Minister, to act in place of the Director-General until he is able to resume duties. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts