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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CEYLON NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
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[18th March
, 1957 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis (Incorporation) Act.
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Incorporation of the Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.
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2. The persons who, at the time of the coming into operation of this Act, are Association for members of the Ceylon National the Prevention of Tuberculosis (hereinafter referred to as ” the association “) and such other persons as are hereafter enrolled as members of the association shall be a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as “the corporation “) with perpetual succession, a common seal and the name “The Ceylon National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis”. The corporation may sue and be sued by that name.
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Object of the corporation.
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3. The object of the corporation shall be to assist in every possible way in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in Sri Lanka.
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The council of the corporation.
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4. The affairs of the corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the corporation, be administered by the council elected in accordance with such rules.
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The corporation may acquire, hold, and dispose of property.
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5. The corporation-
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(a) may acquire and hold any movable or immovable property by right of purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise,
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(b) shall hold any property subject to the rules for the time being of the corporation, and
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(c) may sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of its properties.
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Sums payable by or to the assosiated
to the corporation
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6. All debts and liabilities of the association existing at the time of coming into operation or this Act shall be paid and discharged by the corporation, and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the association shall be paid to the corporation.
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Seal of the corporation.
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7. The seal of the corporation may be altered at the pleasure of the corporation. It shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of two of the elected members of the council of the corporation who shall sign their names on the instrument in token of their presence and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.
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Rules.
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(1) The corporation may from time to time, at a special general meeting of the members of which not less than twenty-eight days’ notice shall be given to the members and by a majority of votes which shall be not less than two-thirds of the members voting at the meeting, make rules relating to the admission, suspension or expulsion of members, the duties of the officers of the corporation, the procedure in the transaction of business and generally the management of the affairs of the corporation and the accomplishment of its object.
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(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the rules set out in the Schedule* to this Act shall be the rules of the corporation.
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(3) Any rule of the corporation may be amended or rescinded in like manner as a rule may be made under subsection (1).
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(4) The members of the corporation shall be subject to the rules in force for the time being of the corporation.
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Saving of the rights of the Republic and other.
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9 . Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic, or of any body corporate, or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming from or under them.
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