Markez Islamic Centre (Incorporation)

(a) to encourage the observance of Islam ;

(b) to promote, foster and encourage research into, and the study of , the Arabic language, literature and Islamic religion, history and culture, in all their aspects;

(c) to promote research on Islam in the Tamil, Sinhala, Arabic and English languages ;

(d) to promote Islamic culture and morality ;

(e) to facilitate the study of’ Islam and the Islamic way of life ;

(f) to establish and maintain friendly relations with other Islamic organisations engaged in similar pursuits, in and outside Sri Lanka ;

(g) to print, publish and distribute, books, journals, magazines and pamphlets on Islam ;

(h) to provide educational material in Sinhala on Islam, for Muslim students studying in the Sinhala medium ;

(i) to administer, maintain and develop, the Markez Islamic Centre ;

(j) to maintain the buildings of the Markez Islamic Centre and to construct if necessary, new buildings for the purpose of conducting classes, seminars and discourses in Islam ;

(k) to maintain the library and the lecture halls in the Markez Islamic Centre and to establish new lecture halls and libraries to promote the study of Islam ;

(l) to receive funds for the attainment of the aims and objects of the Corporation ;

(m) to promote educational and cultural activities ;

(n) to promote social and economic welfare activities.

(1)The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules of the Corporation, be administered by a Committee of Management.

(2) The first Committee of Management of the Corporation shall be the Committee of Management of the Markez Islamic Centre holding office on the day preceding the date of the commencement of this Act, and whose names appear in the Schedule to this Act.

(1) The Corporation shall cause proper books of accounts to be kepi with respect to”

(2) The accounts of the Corporation and the balance sheet shall he audited at least once a year by any qualified auditor or auditors appointed for the purpose by the Corporation.

(3) The Accounts of the Corporation and the balance sheet shall be open to the inspection of the members of the Corporation at ail reasonable times.

(a) the payment in good faith, of reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or servant of the corporation or to any member of the Corporation for any services rendered by him to the Corporation ;

(b) the reimbursement or repayment of reasonable and proper expenses incurred, with the prior written approval of the Committee of Management, by any member, officer or servant of the Corporation, in the discharge or performance of his functions or duties or in promoting the objects of the Corporation.

(a) to purchase, acquire, rent, construct or otherwise obtain, lands or buildings which may be required for the purpose of the Corporation and which may lawfully be acquired for those purposes and to deal with or dispose of, the same, as it may deem expedient, with a view to promoting the objects of the Corporation ;

(b) to invest any funds not immediately required for the purposes of the Corporation, in such manner as the Committee of Management may think fit from time to time and to vary and transfer any such investments ;

(c) to secure the discharge of any debt, or obligation of the Corporation in such manner as it may think fit;

(d) to receive subscriptions, grants, donations and gifts of all kinds, locally and from abroad, for the purposes of the Corporation ;

(e) to construct, alter or maintain, any buildings required for the purposes of the Corporation ;

(f) to appoint, dismiss or terminate officers and servants of the Corporation, and to pay them such salaries, pensions, gratuities and allowances as may from time to time be determined by the Committee of Management;

(g) to establish or contribute to any fund or scheme for the grant of gratuities, pensions, allowances or other benefits to officers or servants, past or present, of the Corporation or to the relatives or dependants of such officers and servants ;

(h) to enter into any contract with any person, company, society or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, for promoting the objects of the Corporation ;

(i) to give grants, endowments or scholarships for the purposes of the Corporation ; and

(j) subject to the provisions of any other written law to do all other things necessary or expedient for the proper and effective carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.