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A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR CHANGES IN THE DESIGNATIONS OF CERTAIN POSTS, AND FOR THE CREATION OF CERTAIN NEW POSTS, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER, MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO.
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BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-
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[6th September
, 1973 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Law may be cited as the Education (Change of Designations) Law No. 35 of 1973.
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Change of designation of Director of Education. Cap. 185
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2. The Director of Education shall be known and cited for all purposes by the designation ” Director-General of Education “, and accordingly-
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(1) the Director-General of Education shall exercise, discharge or perform any power. function or duty vested in or assigned to or imposed on the Director of Education by the Education Ordinance the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Special Provisions) Act, No. 5 of 1960, the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Supplementary Provisions) Act, No. 8 of 1961, or by any other written law; and
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(2) in every context in which the Director of Education is mentioned (whether by that designation in full or by the abbreviated designation of ” Director.”) in any of the aforesaid enactments or in any other written law or in any notice, communication or other document or form required or authorized by any written law, there shall be substituted, for the words ” Director of Education”, the words ” Director-General of Education “.
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Change of designations of Education Officer, District Inspector and Circuit Inspector.
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(a) Each of the Education Officers shall be known and cited for all purposes by the designation ” Chief Education Officer”;
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Cap. 185
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(b) each of the District Inspectors shall be known and cited for all purposes by the designation ” Education Officer”, and
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(c) each of the Circuit Inspectors shall be known and cited for all purposes by the designation ” Circuit Education Officer”,
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and accordingly in every context in which an Education Officer or a District Inspector or a Circuit Inspector is mentioned (whether in the case of a District Inspector or a Circuit Inspector, by those designations in full or by the abbreviated designation of ” Inspector “) in the Education Ordinance, the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Special Provisions) Act, No. 5 of 1960, the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Supplementary Provisions) Act, No. 8 of 1961, or in any other written law, or in any notice, communication or other document or form required or authorized by any written law, there shall be substituted, for the words ” Education Officer ” or ” District Inspector ” or ” Circuit Inspector ” or ” Inspector ”, the words ” Chief Education Officer ” or ” Education Officer ” or ” Circuit Education Officer “, as the case may be:
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Provided, however, that for the period commencing on October 1, 1966, and ending on June 30, 1972 and for that period only, each District Inspector shall be known and cited for all purposes by the designation ” Educational Adviser “.
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Insertion of new section 2A in Chapter 185.
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4. The Education Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after section 2 of that Ordinance, of the following new section which shall have effect as section 2A:-
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” Creation of certain new posts in the Department of Education.
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2A.
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(1) There may be appointed persons to be or to act as-
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(a) Deputy Directors-General of Education,
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(b) Directors of specified aspects of education, and
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(c) Regional Directors of Education.
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(2) Every Deputy Director-General of Education, every Director of any specified aspects of education, and every Regional Director of Education for the time being holding office as such shall be deemed to have been duly appointed under this Ordinance.
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(3) The Director-General of Education may delegate any function, power or duty vested in or assigned to or imposed on him by this Ordinance, the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Special Provisions) Act, No. 5 of 1960, the Assisted Schools and Training Colleges (Supplementary Provisions) Act, No. 8 of 1961, or by any other written law to any Deputy Director-General of Education or to any Director of any specified aspects of education or to any Regional Director of Education.”.
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Contracts and agreements.
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5. Every contract or agreement made prior to the date of the commencement of this Law by the Director of Education and any other party shall be deemed on or after that date to be and to have been duly made between the Director-General of Education and that other party.
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Retrospective operation of this Law.
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6. This Law shall be deemed to have come Into force on the first day of October, 1966.
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