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| SRI LANKA EX-SERVICEMEN’S INSTITUTE |
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A LAW TO INCORPORATE THE SRI LANKA EX-SERVICEMEN’S INSTITUTE, TO PROVIDE AMENITIES OF CLUB LIFE TO PERSONS BELONGING TO THE SRI LANKA EX-SERVICEMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF COLOMBO, THE SRI LANKA ARMY, THE SRI LANKA NAVY AND THE SRI LANKA AIR FORCE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ALL MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO.
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[1st July
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Short title.
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1. This Law may be cited as the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Institute Law.
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Establishment and incorporation of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Institute.
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(1) There shall be established a body called the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Institute, hereafter in this Law referred to as ” the Institute “, consisting of nine trustees as hereinafter provided.
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(2) The Institute shall consist of nine trustees appointed as follows:-
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(a) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Army;
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(b) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Navy;
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(c) one trustee appointed by the President to represent the Sri Lanka Air Force;
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(d) four trustees appointed by the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association to represent that association; and
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(e) two trustees appointed by the Minister.
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(3) The Institute shall, by the name assigned to it in subsection (1), be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in such name.
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(4) If any trustee appointed under subsection (2) is absent from Sri Lanka for a period exceeding three months or dies or resigns from office or becomes incapacitated from acting as a trustee, or if the person or body who appointed such trustee cancels such appointment at his or its discretion, another trustee shall be appointed in like manner to fill the vacancy.
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Objects of the Institute.
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3. The objects of the Institute shall be-
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(a) to provide the privileges of club life in the Institute for-
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(i) members of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association;
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(ii) members of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka; and
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(iii) any other categories of persons, in the discretion of the trustees of the Institute;
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(b) to establish and maintain a main branch of the Institute at Colombo and subsidiary branches of the Institute at other places in Sri Lanka, in the discretion of the trustees of the Institute; and
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(c) to give assistance, whether by means of grants of money or otherwise, to clubs, associations and other similar institutions anywhere in Sri Lanka which, in the opinion of the trustees of the Institute, are conducted with the object, wholly or partly, of providing for the welfare of the members of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka, or for the members of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association, or categories of persons referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a).
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Management and control by the Institute.
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4. The trustees of the Institute shall be responsible for the entire control and management of the Institute, including all the branches thereof, and shall have the power to make such rules as they deem fit for the purposes of such control and management.
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The Institute not to make distinction of colour, religion, & c.
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5. The Institute shall be maintained without any distinction of colour, race or religion.
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The Institute to have power to hold property, accept gifts, & c.
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6. The Institute may, for the purposes of this Law, take and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it by virtue of the provisions of any law, or by virtue of any purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise, and may, subject to any trust affecting the same, sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise deal with the same for such purposes as aforesaid.
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Interpretation.
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7. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires, Armed Forces of Sri Lanka” means-
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(a) the Sri Lanka Army; or
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(b) the Sri Lanka Navy; or
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(c) the Sri Lanka Air Force.
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| Chapter 515 |
