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| (1) Notwithstanding anything contrary in any other law, any Institute of Higher Learning may, in accordance with any Development Plan and with the approval of the relevant Minister if any and the Minister, award associate degrees in such specified branches of learning. |
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| (2) Any Institute of Higher Learning empowered to award associate degrees under the provisions of subsection (1), shall subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section 25 have the following powers :
| | (a) to make rules, specifying the examinations and other conditions that are necessary for the award of associate degrees; | | |
| | (b) to register affiliated colleges, for the purpose of conducting courses of studies leading to the award of associate degrees; | | |
| | (c) to hold examinations for the purpose of ascertaining students of registered affiliated colleges who have reached the required standard for the award of associate degrees; and | | |
| | (d) to award associate degrees to such students who have passed the required examinations and fulfilled all conditions prescribed by rules made under paragraph (a). | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts