ACT, No. 1 OF 2010

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
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SRI LANKA CHAMBER OF SMALL
INDUSTRY (INCORPORATION)
(AMENDMENT) ACT, NO. 1 OF 2010
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[Certified on 13th January, 2010]
Printed on the Order of Government
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Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of January 15, 2010
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Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry 1
(Incorporation) (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2010
[Certified on 13th January 2010]
L. D. — O. 3/2007
ANACT TO AMEND THE SRI LANKA CHAMBER OF SMALL INDUSTRY
(INCORPORATION) ACT, NO. 43 OF 1981
WHEREAS the Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry was Preamble.
incorporated by Act, No. 43 of 1981:
AND WHEREAS the Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry
has at its Annual General Meeting resolved to change its
name and that certain amendments be made to the aforesaid
Act, No. 43 of 1981 for the purpose of more effectually
carrying out the objects of the said Corporation:
AND WHEREAS the Council of Management of the said
Corporation has requested that amendments be made to the
aforesaid Act for the purpose of giving effect to the aforesaid
resolution and it is for the public advantage to grant such
request:
BE it therefore enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Chamber of Short title.
Small Industry (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of
2010.
2. (1) The Sri lanka Chamber of Small Industry General
(Incorporation) Act, No. 43 of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as amendment to
the Sri Lanka
the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in the principal
Chamber of
enactment and in any other written law, by the substitution Small Industry
for the words “Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry (Incorporation)
(Incorporation) Act”, of the words “Sri Lanka Chamber of Act, No. 43 of
Small and Medium Industries (Incorporation) Act”. 1981.
(2) Every reference to the “Sri Lanka Chamber of Small
Industry (Incorporation) Act” in any regulation, rule, notice,
notification, contract, communication or other document
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(Incorporation) (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2010
shall, from the date on which this Act comes into operation,
be read and construed as a reference to the “Sri Lanka
Chamber of Small and Medium Industries (Incorporation)
Act.”
(3) Every reference to the “Sri Lanka Chamber of Small
Insustry” in the principal enactment or of any legal
document, notice, contract or any other communication
shall, from the date on which this Act comes into operation,
be read and construed as a reference to the “Sri Lanka
Chamber of Medium and Small Industries”.
(4) The members of the Corporation registered under “Sri
Lanka Chamber of Small Industry (Incorporation) Act” shall
from the date on which this Act comes into operation, be
construed as the members registered under the “Sri Lanka
Chamber of Small and Medium Industries (Incorporation)
Act.”.
Amendment of 3. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 3 of the amended as follows:—
principal
enactment.
(1) by the re-lettering of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d, (e),
(f), (g), (h), (i) , (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q) and (r)
of that section as paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m),
(n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v), (w), (x) and (y)
respectively of that section;
(2) by the insertion immediately before the renumbered
paragraph (h) thereof, of following new
paragraphs:—
“(a) to foster and promote the small and medium scale
industrial sector in Sri Lanka with a view to
promoting the growth of the national economy;
(b) to co-ordinate and assist the Government and
the relevant Government institutions in the
formulation of policies relating to the
industrial sector;

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(c) to facilitate the non-governmental
organizations to assist the small and medium
scale industrial sector;
(d) to advise and assist members on how to gain
access to capital markets and to obtain
infrastructure facilities and other necessary
assistance, for the development of industrial
ventures;
(e) to sponsor the members to participate in
conferences, trade fairs, exhibitions and buyer-
seller meetings;
(f) to organize seminars, workshops and training
programmes for the members with a view to
improving their entrepreneurial capacities and
industrial skills;
(g) to promote and develop the use of available
manufacturing capacity and facilities and to
enhance production capabilities to meet
export requirements and to expand and
develop the sub-contracting exchange.”
4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text
and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. to prevail in
case of
inconsistency.

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(Incorporation) (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2010
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