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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SRI LANKA TEA BOARD LAW, No. 14 OF 1975
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:
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[10th May
, 1985 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act, No. 17 of 1985.
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Amendment of section 6 of Act No. 14 of 1975
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2. Section 6 of the Sri Lanka Tea Board Law, No. 14 of Amendment 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the” principal enactment “) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof of Act, No. 14 and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :-
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Constitution of the Board.
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6.
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(1) The Board shall consist of –
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(a) a Chairman nominated by the Minister with the concurrence of the Prime Minister who shall be the chief executive of the Board;
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(b) the person holding office for ‘the time being as Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Planning, or any Senior Officer of that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry ;
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(c) the person holding office for the ‘time being as Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Finance, or any Senior Officer of that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry ;
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(d) the person holding office for the time being as Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Plantation Industries, or any Senior Officer of that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry;
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(e) the person holding office for the time being as Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Trade, or any Senior Officer of that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry;
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(f) the person holding office for the time being as Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Shipping or any Senior Officer of that Ministry nominated by the Minister in charge of that Ministry;
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(g) the person holding office for the time being as the Director of Commerce;
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(h) the person holding office for the time being as the Chairman of the Janatha Estates Development Board;
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(i) the person holding office for the time being as the Chairman of the State Plantations Corporation;
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(j) the person holding office for the time being as the Chairman of the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority;
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(k) the person holding office for the time being as the Chairman of the Export Development Board; and
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(l) five other members nominated by the Minister with the concurrence of the Prime Minister from among persons who have a knowledge of, and experience in, the tea industry with special reference to planting, manufacture, sale, export and finance.”.
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Replacement of section 23 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor : –
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Provisions relating to persons in receipt of pensions and employed by the Board.
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23. Any person who is employed by the Board shall not by reason of such employment be disqualified from receiving a pension from the Government, or from any local authority or from the Local Government Service Commission.”.
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Replacement of section 24 of the principal enactment.
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4. Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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” Offence.
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24. Every person who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be a liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment, notwithstanding that ‘the fine exceeds the amount of fine which a Magistrate may impose in the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction.”.
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Amendment of section 31 of the principal enactment.
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5. Section 31 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment for ‘the definition of the of the expression “local authority” of the following definition: –
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“local authority” means any Municipal Council, Urban Council or Development Council and includes any Authority created and established by or under any law to exercise, perform and discharge powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and discharge by any such Council ‘.
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