ALL-CEYLON YOUNG MEN’S MUSLIM ASSOCIATION

(a) to aim at developing a generation of men worthy of the highest traditions of Islam and capable of the highest deeds to serve their country in every branch of modern life;

(b) to spread the virtues of Islam and its culture;

(c) to bring about an Islamic synthesis of the culture of the East and the West by accepting what is good in them;

(d) to promote the cause of education generally and of adult education in particular;

(e) to render assistance to all Young Men’s Muslim Associations in Sri Lanka in all matters of common interest;

(f) to arrange inter-Young Men’s Muslim Association debates, oratorical contests, games and other activities;

(g) to maintain contacts with similar institutions in Sri Lanka and abroad, inter alia, by subscribing to magazines and periodicals, inviting delegates to participate in annual conferences and arranging lectures and discourses by prominent personalities;

(h) to collect and disseminate all such information that may be considered useful for all Young Men’s Muslim Associations in Sri Lanka, and to advise such Associations in implementing the recommendations and proposals that may be contained in such information;

(i) to arrange annual conferences to be held in Colombo or in rotation in other parts in Sri Lanka, where delegates may discuss matters of common interest, exchange views and establish contacts with each other;

(j) to foster inter-communal amity;

(k) to arrange sports meets, picnics, camps and educational tours in Sri Lanka and abroad;

(l) to publish an annual journal of the Conference;

(m) to initiate, assist, co-ordinate and conduct youth activities;

(n) to disseminate information and exchange ideas regularly for the benefit of the general membership; and

(o) to take all other steps that are necessary and desirable for the promotion of the above-mentioned aims and objects.

(1) The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules for the time being of the Corporation, be administered by an Executive Committee which shall consist of the office-bearers of the Corporation, elected at the annual general meeting of the Corporation, and all persons who were formerly Presidents and General Secretaries of the Conference,

(2) The Executive Committee may delegate any of its functions to one or more Standing Committees or Sub-Committees.

(1) The General Secretary of the Corporation shall keep a register of the members of the Corporation.

(2) The register of the members of the Corporation shall contain the following particulars;-

(1) The Corporation may, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting of the Corporation, make rules for admission to and removal from, membership of the Corporation, for the performance of the duties of the office-bearers and other members of the Executive Committee of the Corporation, for the procedure in the transaction of business, and otherwise generally for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of its objects.

(2) Any of the rules* of the Corporation, excepting the rules appearing under Articles 1 and 2 in Chapter I of those rules, may be amended or rescinded by a vote of two- thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting of the Corporation, provided that such amendment or rescission shall have been previously approved by the Executive Committee.[* Schedules omitted.-Private enactment]

(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the rules set out in the Schedule* to this Act shall be the rules of the Corporation. [* Schedules omitted.-Private enactment]