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| (1) There shall be established a body, which shall be called and known as the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (hereinafter referred to as "the Bureau") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and which may sue or be sued in such name. |
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| (2) The Bureau shall comprise-
| | (a) the person appointed by the Minister to be the Chairman of the Bureau; | | |
| | (b) the Director-General of the Authority appointed under section 10; | | |
| | (c) the Managing Director of the Bureau; | | |
| | (d) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance or his representative; and | | |
| | (e) not more than six persons who shall be nominees of the Joint Council of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators and the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka; and | | |
| | (f) the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Tourism or his representative. | | |
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| (3) The person appointed as Chairman shall be a person having knowledge and experience in marketing and advertising insofar as they relate to the tourism industry. |
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| (4) The Bureau shall have the following objectives:-
| | (a) Marketing and promoting of Sri Lanka directly or indirectly, as a tourist and travel destination of quality, in accordance with the Tourist Development Plan in consultation with the Authority; | | |
| | (b) promoting Sri Lanka as a gateway to the South Asian Region; and | | |
| | (c) making Sri Lanka known as a centre of excellence in tourism management and development in the region. | | |
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| (5) The Bureau shall be entrusted with such powers, duties and functions as may be assigned to it by the Minister from time to time and with such other duties and functions as may from time to time, taking into consideration the needs of the tourist industry, be assigned. |
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| (6) The Authority shall make an annual allocation to the Bureau for the implementation of the powers, duties and functions assigned to it and it shall be the responsibility of the Bureau to make optimum use of the funds allocated. |
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| (7) The administration of the affairs of the Bureau shall be entrusted to a Managing - Director who shall be appointed by the Minister for such purpose. The qualifications and other criteria that shall be required of the person to be appointed to the position of Managing - Director shall be as prescribed. |
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| (8) For the purpose of carrying out efficiently its duties connected with the promotion and marketing of Sri Lanka both within Sri Lanka and abroad, the Bureau shall maintain offices both within Sri Lanka and abroad. |
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| (9) The Bureau shall submit to the Minister, before the expiry of a period of three months from the end of each calendar year-
| | (a) a report of its work during that year; | | |
| | (b) a copy of its' audited annual accounts for the previous calendar year within three months of the current year, and half year accounts before the end of the seventh month of the calendar year ; | | |
| | (c) a statement containing such particulars as specified by the Ministry, amounting to an estimate of its income and expenditure for the succeeding calendar year; | | |
| | (d) a plan for a period of three years, projecting the work to be achieved by the Bureau; | | |
| | (e) a statement containing achievements and performance relating to the plan presented for the previous year. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts