RAHULA COLLEGE

RAHULA COLLEGE

AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE A BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF RAHULA COLLEGE, MATARA.

Preamble.

Whereas a school called and known as Rahula Vidyalaya, which will hereafter be called and known as Rahula College, has heretofore been established at Matara for the purpose of educating children :

And whereas Mr. C. A. Ariyatilaka, the manager and owner of the said Rahula College, deems that the purpose and object of the said Rahula College would be more effectually prosecuted and attained by the constitution and incorporation of a board of governors empowered to own, control, manage, and transact all the affairs of the said Rahula College :

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Ceylon with the advice and consent of the State Council thereof as follows: –

Ordinance Nos,
10 of 1941

[9^th May
, 1941 ]

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rahula College Matara Board of Governors Ordinance.

Incorporation of Rahula College Board of Governors.

(1) There shall be established a board (hereinafter referred to as ” the board “) the members of which for the time being shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and incorporate with the name of ” Rahula College Board of Governors “.

(2) The board shall in the said name and for the purpose herein mentioned have perpetual succession, and may by the said name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in all courts and shall have and use a common seal with power to break, alter and renew the same at its discretion.

The composition of the board.

(1) The board shall consist of the following members : –

(a) Four life-members.

(b) Six such other members as may be elected in accordance with the rules in the Schedule * [* Schedule omitted under section 6 (1) of the Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments Act. ] to this Ordinance.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) contained the first members of the board shall be the following: –

Life-Members

1. Sir D. B. Jayatilaka.

2. Mudaliyar R. J. Wijetunga.

3. C. A. Edwin de Silva, Esq.

4. C. A. Ariyatilaka, Esq.

Other Members

1. H. W. Amarasuriya, Esq., M.S.C.

2. Rajah Hewavitarne, Esq., M.S.C.

3. P. de S. Kularatne, Esq., B.A., B.Sc, LL.B.

4. Dr. G. P. Malalasekera, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.

5. P. T. Panditagunawardena, Esq.

6. D. Wanigasekera, Esq., M.S.C.

Power to make rules.

4. It shall be lawful for the board from time to time at any meeting specially called for that purpose and by a majority of the members present and voting to make such rules not inconsistent with this Ordinance, as it may deem expedient for all or any of the following purposes:-

(a) the constitution of the board and the terms of office of its members and the custody of the seal ;

(b) the procedure to be followed in the transaction of business ;

(d) the management of the affairs of the board and the accomplishment of its objects.

Rules in the Schedule* to be the rules of the board.

5. The rules set out in the Schedule* [* Schedule omitted under section 6 (1) of the Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments Act. ] to this Ordinance shall be deemed to be the rules of the board and to have been made by the board under this Ordinance and shall remain in force until amended, added to or rescinded by rules made by the board under this section at a meeting called for the purpose.

Procedure for amendment of rules.

6. No rule in the Schedule * hereto, nor any rule hereafter passed at a general meeting, shall be altered, added to, amended, or rescinded, except by a majority vote of the members present at a general meeting of the board.

The board may hold property movable and immovable.

7. The board shall at all times hereafter be able and capable in law to acquire either by purchase, exchange, gift, devise or bequest or in any other manner, and to hold and enjoy in perpetuity or for any lesser term, subject to any express trust or otherwise for the benefit of the said Rahula College any property movable or immovable of any nature or kind whatsoever.

Power of board to deal with property.

8. The board may erect or cause to be erected any building on any land acquired or held by it, and may also from time to time sell, grant, convey, demise, assign, exchange and dispose of or mortgage any property for the time being vested in the board.

How the seal of the board is to be affixed.

9. The seal of the board shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of the chairman or the manager and one other member of the board 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.

General powers of the board.

10. It shall be lawful for the board in all cases not provided for in this Ordinance to act in such a manner as appears to it best calculated to promote the welfare of the said Rahula College.

Saving as to the rights of Her Majesty and others.

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

Chapter 299, Volume No.10, Page No.418.