Panadura Welipitiya Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda-ramastha Sri Chandamuni Dharmayathana Sanwardhana Sabhawa (Incorporation)

Panadura Welipitiya Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda-ramastha Sri Chandamuni Dharmayathana Sanwardhana Sabhawa (Incorporation)

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE PANADURA WELIPITIYA ABHAYA MUDALINDA-RAMASTHA SRI CHANDAMUNI DHARMAYATHANA SANWARDENA SABAWA

Preamble

Whereas a society called and known as the panadura welipitiya abhaya karunaratne mudalinda-ramastha sri chandamuni dharmayathana sanwardhana sabhawa has here before been formed at Welipitiya, Panadura for the purpose of effectually carrying out and transacting all This Act may be cited and mutters connected with the said society according to the rules agreed to by its members:

AND whereas the said society has heretofore successfully carried out and transacted the several objects and matters for which it was formed, and has applied to be incorporated, and it will be for the public advantage to grant the application:

BE it therefore enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :

[10^th August
, 1992 ]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the panadura welipitiya abhaya karunaratne mudalinda-ramastha sri chandamuni dharmayathana sanwardhana sabhawa (Incorporation) Act, No. 37 of 1992.

Incorporation of the Panadura Welipitiya Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda ramastha Sri Chandamuns Dharama-vathatia Sanwardena Sabhawa.

2. From and after the date of commencement of this Act such and so many persons as now are members of the Panadura Welipitiya Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda-rarnastha Sri Chandamuni Dharmayathana Sanwardena Sabhawa (hereinafter referred to as “the Society “), or shall hereafter be admitted members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as ” the Corporation “) with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the Panadura Welipitiya Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalindaramastha Sri Chandamuni Dharmayathana Sanwardena Sabhawa and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and alter the at its pleasure.

General objects of the corporation.

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

(a) to maintain the buildings of Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda ramastha and to construct and maintain new buildings, necessary for that purpose ;

(b) to conduct classes, seminars, discourses and to hold examinations and to award certificates and prizes, under the patronage of Sri Chandamuni Dharmayatanaya;

(c) to promote the activities for the propagation of Buddhism and to carry on research in the Sinhala, Pali and Sanskrit languages ;

(d) to promote, the work of missionaries and the propagation of Buddhist doctrine both here and abroad ;

(e) to establish a training institution for Samanera bhikkus and to carry on research in the Buddhist doctrine ;

(f) to maintain and uplift the Sri Chandamuni Dhamma school;

(g) to provide education and the four fold requisites for the resident Bhikkus of the Abhaya Karunaratne Mudalinda ramastha ;

(h) to celebrate the founders’ annual commemoration day and to conduct any other religious festivals approved by the Corporation ;

(i) to establish and to control a fund for the carrying out of the above mentioned objects ; and

(j) to do all such acts and things as are conducive or incidental to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Corporation.

General powers of the Corporation.

4. Subject to the provisions of this Act and any other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do perform and execute all such acts, matters and things whatsoever as are necessary or desirable for the promotion and furtherance of the objects of the Corporation or any one of them, including the power to open, operate and close bank accounts, to borrow or raise moneys with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest its funds, and to engage, employ and dismiss officers and servants required for the carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.

Executive Committee .

(1) The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation be administered by an executive committee consisting of such number of members as may be provided for in such rules and elected in accordance therewith.

(2) The first Executive Committee of the Corporation shall be the Executive Committee of the Society holding office on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act.

Rules of the Corporation.

(1) It shall be lawful for the corporation, from time to time, at any general meeting of the members and by a majority of votes, to make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law for the admission, withdrawal or expulsion of members, for the election of the office-bearers, the Executive Committee, for the conduct of the duties of the office-bearers, the Executive Committee and the various officers, agents and servants of the Corporation, for the procedure to, be followed in the transaction of business by the Corporation and otherwise generally, for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the attainment of its objects.

(2) No rule of the Corporation made under subsection (1) shall be altered, added to, amended or rescinded except by the votes of not more than two-thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting.

(3) The rules of the Society in force on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the rules of the Corporation made under this section in so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act or any other written Law.

(4) The members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation.

Debts due by and payable to the society.

7. All debts and liabilities of the Society existing on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation, and all debts due to, and subscriptions and contributions payable to, the Society, on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

Corporation may hold property movable and immovable.

8. The Corporation shall be capable in law to take and hold any property movable or immovable, which may be come vested in it by virtue of any purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise, and all such property shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules of the Corporation, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or other wise dispose of the same.

How the seal of the Corporation is to be affixed.

9. The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever, except in the presence of two members of the Executive Committee who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.

Savings of the rights of the Republic and others.

10. Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic or of any body politic or corporate, or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from, or under them.

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

11. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.