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Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya Act (No. 31 of 1958) - Sect 14

Panels. [ 11, 13 of 1965.]

14.
(1) The Minister may, after consulting the five members of the Mandalaya appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 7, appoint such number of Panels and such number of persons not exceeding twelve to each such Panel as the Minister may consider necessary, for the purpose of advising and assisting the Mandalaya on the general advancement of each of the following branches of literature:-
(a) Classical Sinhala literature;
(b) Classical Tamil literature;
(c) Modern Sinhala fiction;
(d) Modern Sinhala poetry;
(e) Modern Sinhala drama;
(f) Sinhala translations;
(g) Modern Tamil poetry;
(h) Modern Tamil fiction;
(i) Modern Tamil drama;
(j) Tamil translations;
(k) Islamic Arabic literature;
(l) Sanskrit and Pali literature;
(m) any other branch of literature considered necessary by the Minister.
(2) Each Panel appointed under subsection (1) is hereafter in this Act referred to as the " Panel".
(3) Any member of the Mandalaya appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 7, shall be eligible for appointment as a member of a Panel. The President of the Mandalaya shall be an ex officio member of each of the Panels.
(4) The Minister shall, after consulting the members of the Mandalaya appointed under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 7, appoint one member of each Panel to be the Chairman of that Panel.
(5) The Minister may, without assigning reason, revoke the appointment of any Panel or of any member of any Panel or of the Chairman of any Panel.
(6) Every member of a Panel shall, unless he resigns his membership by letter addressed to the Minister or his appointment is revoked by the Minister, hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(7) The quorum for any meeting of a Panel shall be three members.

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