HINDU BOARD OF EDUCATION

Whereas certain leading Shaiva inhabitants of the Northern Province have established a society called and known in Thamil as Shaiva Vithya Vriththi Sangam and in English as the Hindu Board of Education for the purpose of effectually carrying out and transacting all affairs connected with the said board according to the rules and regulations agreed to by its directors :

And whereas the said board has applied to be incorporated and it will be for the public advantage to grant the application :

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hindu Board of Education Ordinance.

2. From and after the passing of this Ordinance the persons whose names appear in Schedule I* and their respective successors elected in the manner provided by the rules and regulations in Schedule II*, or such other rules and regulations as may be in force at the date of the election, shall be and become a corporation with perpetual succession under the name and style in Thamil of Shaiva Vithya Vriththi Sangam and in English of the Hindu Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the board), and by such name shall and may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and to change and alter the same at pleasure.

* Schedules omitted under section 6 (1) of Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments Act.

3. The general objects for which the board is constituted are hereby declared to be-

4. The rules set forth in Schedule IP shall for all purposes be the rules of the board:

Provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall be held or construed to prevent the board at all times hereafter from making fresh rules, or from altering, amending, adding to, or cancelling any of the rules in Schedule II*, or to be hereafter made by the board.

* Schedules omitted under section 6 (1) of Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments Act.

5. On the coming into operation of this Ordinance all and every property belonging to the Hindu Board of Education, whether held in the name of the said board or in the name or names of any person or persons in trust for the said board, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the board hereby constituted, and the same shall be held by the board for the purpose of this Ordinance, subject to the rules for the time being of the board.

6. The board shall be able and capable in law to take and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it by virtue of any purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition, or otherwise, and all such property shall be held by the board for the purpose of this Ordinance and subject to the rules for the time being of the board, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the same for the purposes of the board.

7. All debts and liabilities of the Hindu Board of Education existing at the time of the coming into operation of this Ordinance shall be paid by the board hereby constituted, and all debts due to, and subscriptions or contributions payable to, the Hindu Board of Education shall be paid to the board hereby constituted for the purposes of this Ordinance,

11 Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs, and Successors, or any body politic or corporate, or any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.