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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation (Incorporation) Act, No. 17 of 1986.
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Incorporation of Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation.
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2. From and after the date of commencement of this Act, the Committee of Management of the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation, (hereinafter referred to as ” the Organisation “), and such and so many persons as now are members of the Organisation, 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 style and name of the” Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation”, and by that name shall and may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and alter the same at its pleasure.
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General objects of the Corporation.
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3. The general objects far which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be :
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(i) to safeguard the fundamental rights and interest of the Sri Lanka Malay Community and to promote its welfare;
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(ii) to propagate and encourage the use of the Malay Language and customs with special attention to the use of the Malay head gear;
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(iii) to initiate studies and make recommendations for the practice of Islam, especially among the isolated groups of the Sri Lanka Malay Community in remote areas in Sri Lanka;
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(iv) to participate and make useful contributions in the political, social, cultural and economic fields of the country;
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(v) to promote friendly relations and establish Cultural and Social contacts with Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei and any other countries to be determined by the Committee of Management;
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(vi) to foster, maintain and contribute friendly relations with all the Communities in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; and
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(vii) to take all other steps ‘that are necessary for the promotion of the abovementioned objects, of the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation, as the Organisation may determine from time to time.
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Committee of Management
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4.
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(1) The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation a1l hereinafter provided, be administered by a Committee of Management consisting of a Board of twelve Directors, an Honorary Secretary -General, an Honorary Treasurer General, an Honorary Assistant Secretary-General, an Honorary Assistant Treasurer-General and the President and one other member from each of any two approved Malay Organisations, and such other members as may be provided for in such rules and elected in accordance therewith.
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” approved Malay Organisation “, for the purposes of this Act means an organisation, thought fit and desirable to be admitted as a member to the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation, by the members of the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation.
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(2) The first Committee of Management of the Corporation shall consist of the members of the committee of Management of the Organisation holding office at the time of commencement of this Act, and whose names are specified in the Schedule to this Act.
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(3) The First Legal Advisor of the corporation shall bean Attorney-at-Law of the Organisation holding office at the time of the commencement of this Act, and whose name shall be specified in the Schedule to this Act.
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Power to make rules.
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(1) It shall be lawful for the Corporation from time to time at any general meeting of the members and by a majority of the members present and voting, to make rules not inconsistent with the provisi0’ns of this Act, for the admission, withdrawal or expulsion of members, for the conduct and duties of the Committee of Management, and of the various officers, agents and servants of the Corporation, for the procedure to be followed in the transaction of business, and otherwise generally for the management of the affairs of the Corporation. Such rules may when made at a like meeting be altered, added to, amended or cancelled subject however t0′ the requirements of subsection 2.
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(2) Any rule which may hereafter be passed shall be altered, added to, amended or rescinded except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting of the Corporation:
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Provided, however, that such alteration, addition, amendment or rescission shall have been previously approved by the Committee of Management.
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Debts due by and payable to the Corporation.
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6. All debts and liabilities of the Organisation existing at the time of the Commencement of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted, and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Organisation shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.
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Procedure for affixing the seal of the Corporation.
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7. The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of two of the members of the Committee of Management who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall he independent of the signing of any person as a witness.
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Corporation may hold property, movable and immovable.
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8. The Corporation 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 Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules of the Corporation, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.
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Saving of the rights of the Republic and others
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9. 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.
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