Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019

PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA COCONUT DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 7 OF 2019 Printed on the Order of Government [Certified on 14th of May, 2019] PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA TO BE PURCHASED AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BUREAU, COLOMBO 5 Price : Rs. 8.00 Postage : Rs. 15.00 Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of May 17, 2019 This Act can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019 1 L.D.—O. 28/2017 AN ACT TO AMEND THE COCONUT DEVELOPMENT ACT, NO. 46 OF 1971 BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019. 2. Section 2 of the Coconut Development Act, No. 46 of 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows: (1) by the substitution in paragraph (ix), for the words “the Board; and” of the words “the Board;”; and (2) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (ix) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph: “(ixa) appoint a Working Director, in accordance with the provisions of section 2A, who shall not be a member of the Board; and”. 3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment: 2A. (1) The Minister may appoint to any Board established under the provisions of section 2 of this Act, a Working Director from among persons who possess an agriculture degree or any other recognized qualification, and knowledge in the field of coconut development. Short title. Amendment of Section 2 of Act, No. 46 of 1971. Insertion of new section 2A in the principal enactment. “Working Director of a Board. [Certified on 14th of May, 2019] 2 Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019 (2) The Working Director shall (a) be a full time officer; (b) assist the Chairman in the promotion of the development of coconut cultivation and marketing; and (c) assist the Chairman in the administration, management and operation of the affairs of the Board including the co ordination of the activities of the Board. (3) The Minister may remove the Working Director from office after assigning reasons therefore. (4) The term of office of the Working Director shall be for a period of three years from the date of appointment and he shall be eligible for reappointment unless has been removed from office as referred to in subsection (3). Such reappointment shall be for not more than one further term, whether consequent or not. (5) The office of the Working Director shall become vacant upon the death, removal from office under subsection (3) or resignation by letter in that behalf addressed to the Minister. (6) Where the Working Director by reason of ill health, infirmity or absence from Sri Lanka is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, the Minister shall appoint another member of the Board to act in his place. Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019 3 Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency. (7) The Working Director shall be paid such remuneration as may be specified in the relevant Public Enterprise Circulars issued by the Ministry of Finance.” . 4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. 4 Coconut Development (Amendment) Act, No. 7 of 2019 English Acts of the Parliament can be purchased at the “PRAKASHANA PIYASA”, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, NO. 118, DR. DANISTER DE SILVA MAWATHA, COLOMBO 8.