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| (1) The Chairman of a Village Council shall hold office for the term of office of the Council, unless he resigns the office earlier or ceases for any cause to be or to be qualified to be a member of the Council. |
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| (2) The Chairman shall preside over every meeting of the Council held for the election of a Vice-Chair-man and over every other meeting at which he is present, and shall be the chief executive officer of the Council; and all executive acts and functions, which are by this Ordinance directed or empowered to be done or discharged by the Council, may, unless the contrary intention appears from the context, be done or discharged by the Chairman: |
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| (3) The Chairman may at any time, without vacating his office as a member, resign the office of Chairman by a written communication addressed to the Assistant Commissioner. The resignation by the Chairman of his office of Chairman or his office as a member shall have no effect until such resignation has been accepted by the Assistant Commissioner; and the Assistant Commissioner may refuse to accept such resignation if he has reason to believe that an Order removing the Chairman from office is to be made by the Minister under section 54. |
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| (4) On vacating office whether by operation of law or by resignation, the Chairman of a Village Council shall hand over charge of all minute books, accounts records, furniture and other property of the Council, either personally or by a duly authorized person-
| | (a) to the person duly elected to succeed him as Chairman, within forty-eight hours of the receipt of notice of the election of such successor, or | | |
| | (b) where a successor is not elected within a period of fourteen days of the occurrence of the vacancy, to the Assistant Commissioner or an officer or person deputed in that behalf by the Assistant Commissioner within forty-eight hours after the expiry of the aforesaid period of fourteen days. | | |
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| (5) Any Chairman of a Village Council who contravenes the provisions of subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding fifty rupees by the Rural Court having jurisdiction over the village area for which the Council is constituted. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts