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| (1) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or from continuing, as a member of the Authority, if he is, or becomes,-
| | (a) the owner, partner, director, majority shareholder or an employee of, or in, any business which operates or provides tourist services of any class or description. | | |
| | (b) a member of Parliament or a member of a Provincial Council or of a local authority; | | |
| | (c) convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; | | |
| | (d) of unsound mind or physically incapacitated ; | | |
| | (e) an undischarged bankrupt or an insolvent; or | | |
| | (f) absent without prior notice from three consecutive meetings of the Authority: | | |
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| (2) Every appointed member of the Authority shall unless he earlier vacates office by death or resignation, hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment to such office and shall be eligible for re-appointment. |
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| (3) A member of the Authority may resign from office, at any time by letter addressed in that behalf to the Minister. |
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| (4) A member of the Authority, who is in any way, directly or indirectly interested in any contract entered into, or proposed to be entered into by the Authority, shall disclose the nature of his interest at any meeting of the Authority and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Authority. Such member shall not participate in any deliberation or decision of the Authority in respect of any matter connected with such interest. |
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| (5) No act or proceeding of the Authority shall be deemed to be invalid only by reason of the existence of a vacancy in its membership or any defect in the appointment of a member thereof. |
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| (6) The Minister may, if it is expedent to do so, remove from office any member of the Authority other than the Director-General, for reasons assigned. |
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| (7) The Chairman, Director-General or an appointed member may resign from his office, by letter addressed to the Minister. Such resignation shall be effective from the date of its acceptance by the Minister. |
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| (8) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the Chairman or any appointed member, the Minster may appoint another person to succeed such Chairman or member as the case may be. The person so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. |
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| (9) Where the Chairman or any appointed member is temporarily unable to perform the duties, of his office on account of ill-health, absence from Sri Lanka or for any other cause, the Minster may appoint any person to act in the place of the Chairman or such member. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts