17. Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefore of the following subsection:
| | (a) The Vice-Chancellor of a University shall be appointed for a term of three years by the President upon the recommendation of the Commission from a panel of three names recommended by the Council of that University.
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| | (b) The Vice-Chancellor of a University may be removed from office by the President, after consultation with the Commission.";
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| (2) by the substitution in subsection(2) of that section, for all the words from" He shall be Jon ex officio member of the Court" to "meetings of the Court. ", of the following :
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (6) of the section, and the substitution therefore, of the following subsection:(6) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible
| | (a) for the execution of policies and measures approved by the Council in relation to the University and, subject to such policies, the direction, supervision and control of the University, including its administration; and | | |
| | (b) for the maintenance of discipline within a University " ; and | | |
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| (4) by the repeal of subsections (8) and (9) of that section, and the substitution therefore of the following :
| | (8) If the Vice-Chancellor by reason of leave, illness, absence from Sri Lanka or other cause is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, if any, shall perform such duties. Where there is no Deputy Vice-Chancellor the Commission shall with seven days of the occurrence of such inability, make "Such arrangements as it may think fit for carrying on the duties of the office. | | |
| | (9) If any vacancy occurs in the office of Vice Chancellor- .
| | | (a) the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, if any, shall perform the duties of the office of Vice Chancellor, or |
| (b) where there is no Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Commission shall, within seven days of the occurrence of such vacancy, make such arrangements as it may think fit for carrying on the duties of the office, |
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| | (10) A Vice-Chancellor who, resigns or is removed from office under subsection (1) or in any other way ceases to hold office as Vice-Chancellor, unless re-appointed, may, if he was member of the staff of a Higher Educational Institution on the day prior to the date, of his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, revert to his substantive post in the staff of such Institution provided he has not completed his sixty-fifth year. ". | | |
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