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| (1) Where any member of a commission dies, or resigns, or desires to be discharged from, the performance of his duties in respect of the whole or part of an inquiry, or refuses or becomes unable to act, the President may appoint a new member in his place for the whole or any part of such Inquiry. |
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| (2) Until such appointment is made, the inquiry may continue before the remaining members of the commission, and if no such appointment is made, the inquiry shall continue and be concluded before the remaining members of the commission. |
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| (3) Where a new member has been appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) it shall not be necessary for any evidence which may have been taken before the commission prior to such appointment to be retaken and the commission shall be entitled to continue its proceedings from the stage at which they were immediately prior to such appointment: |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts