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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
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WELFARE SOCIETY OF THE SCHOOL FOR
THE MENTALLY SUBNORMAL CHILD
(INCORPORATION (AMENDMENT)
ACT, No. 45 OF 2014
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[Certified on 24th November, 2014]
Printed on the Order of Government
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Published as a Supplement to Part II of theGazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of November 28, 2014.
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Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally 1
Subnormal Child (Incorporation) (Amendment)
Act, No. 45 of 2014
[Certified on 24th November, 2014]
L.D.—O. (Inc. 19/2013)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE WELFARE SOCIETY OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE
MENTALLYSUBNORMAL CHILD (INCORPORATION) ACT, NO. 75 OF 1988
WHEREAS the Welfare Society of the School for the Preamble.
Mentally subnormal Child was incorporated by the Welfare
Society of the School for the Mentally subnormal Child
Act, No. 75 of 1988:
AND WHEREAS the Welfare Society of the School for the
Mentally subnormal Child now wish to change its name to
“Chitra Lane Welfare Society for Children with Special
Needs”:
AND WHEREAS the said Welfare Society of the School for
the Mentally subnormal Child, has now applied to have the
said Act, amended to give effect to such change in its name
and it will be expedient to grant such application:
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 Welfare Society of the Short title.
School for the Mentally Subnormal Child (Incorporation)
(Amendment) Act, No. 45 of 2014.
2. In every context in which the Welfare Society of the General
School for the Mentally Subnormal Child is mentioned amendment to
the principal
(whether by that name or by the abbreviation of the “Welfare enactment.
Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child”)
in the Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally
Subnormal Child (Incorporation) Act, other than in the long
title, in any rule, notice or other document made or issued
under the Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally
Subnormal Child Act, there shall, unless the context
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otherwise requires, be substituted for the expression“Welfare
Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child” of
the words “Chitra Lane Welfare Society for Children with
Special Needs”.
Continuation of 3. (1) All contracts, agreements, certificates or other
contracts, instruments or documents whatsoever made, issued or
agreements,
actions, appeals, executed prior to the date of the commencement of this Act,
rights and by or in favour of the “Welfare Society of the School for
liabilities.
the Mentally Subnormal Child” shall be deemed on or after
the date of commencement of this Act, to be, and to have
been made, issued or executed by or in favour of the
“Chitra lane Welfare Society for Children with Special
Needs”.
(2) All suits, actions, appeals and other legal proceedings
instituted by or against the “Welfare Society of the School
for the Mentally Subnormal Child” and pending on the day
immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this
Act, shall not abate or be discontinued, and may be continued
or enforced by or against the “Chitra lane Welfare Society
for Children with Special Needs.”.
(3) All the rights, liabilities, and obligations of the
“Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally subnormal
Child” other than the rights, liabilities and obligations
referred to in subsection (1) on the day immediately prior to
the date of the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed
to be the rights, liabilites and obligations of the “Chitra lane
Welfare Society for Children with Special Needs”.
Amendment of 4. Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby
section 6 of the
amended as follows :—
principal
enactment.
(1) in subsection (3) of that section by the
substitution for the words“five years of
membership” of the words “two years of
membership”;
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Subnormal Child (Incorporation) (Amendment)
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(2) by the addtion immediately after subsection (3)
of that section of the following subsection—
“(3A) The maximum number of members in
the Board of trustees shall be ten”.
5. For the purpose of avoidance of any doubt it is hereby Avoidance of
declared that the “Chitra lane Welfare Society for Children with doubts.
Specila Needs” shall for all purposes be deemed to be the successor
to the “Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally Sabnormal
Child” established by section 2 of the principal enactment.
6. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to
and Tamil of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. prevail in case of
inconsistency.

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