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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (Incorporation) Act, No. 46 of 1987.
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Incorporation of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association.
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2. From and after the date of commencement of this Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (hereinafter referred to as “the Association “), 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” Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association” 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 same at its pleasure.
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Eligibility for membership
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3.
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(1) All persons not being correspondents, free lancers and journalists receiving remuneration on a piece rate basis, and persons whose main avocation is journalism, shall be eligible to be members of the Corporation.
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(2) The terms and conditions of membership and their admission and enrolment as members shall be determined by the rules of the Corporation.
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General objects of the Corporation.
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4. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be
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(a) to promote, foster and protect journalistic activities in the country;
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(b) to protect the freedom of expression;
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(c) to prepare and maintain a list of the names and addresses of persons actively engaged in the field of journalism;
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(d) to formulate a code of conduct and ethics to be observed by its members;
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(e) to advise and guide journalists and to mediate on their behalf ;
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(f) to publish periodically, magazines and other literature with a view to widening the scope of journalistic activities in the country ;
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(g) to hold examinations in journalism, and grant certificates to such persons as are considered by the Corporation to be competent to engage in journalism;
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(h) to co-operate with other recognized institutions to improve journalistic standards; and
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(i) to take such other measures as may be necessary for the welfare and benefit of persons actively engaged in the field of journalism.
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General powers of the Corporation.
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5. Subject to the provisions of this Act ann. 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 or furtherance of the objects of the Corporation, or anyone of them, including the power to open, operate and close bank accounts, to borrow or raise money, with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest its funds, and to engage, employ and dismiss, personnel required for the carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.
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Management of the affairs of the Corporation.
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(1) The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules of the Corporation, be administered by an Executive Committee consisting of the office-bearers and such other persons as may be provided for in such rules and elected in accordance therewith.
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(2) The first Executive Committee of the Corporation shall be the members of the Executive Committee of the Association holding office on the day immediately preceding the date of -commencement of this Act.
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Rules of the Corporation.
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(1) It shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at any general meeting and by the majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, to make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or any other written law for all or any of the following matters:
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(a) the terms and conditions of membership and the admission, enrolment, withdrawal, suspension or expulsion of :members;
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(b) the eligibility for, and the mode of, election to the Executive Committee, the resignation or vacation of, or removal from office of the members thereof, and their conduct, powers, functions and duties;
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(c) the conduct, powers, functions and duties pf the various officers, agents and servants of the Corporation;
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(d) the procedure to be observed at, and the summoning and holding of, meetings of the Executive Committee, the times, places, notices and agenda of such meetings, the quorum therefor and the conduct of business thereat;
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(e) the registration of persons actively engaged in the field of journalism;
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(f) the administration and management of the property of the Corporation, the custody of its fund, and the maintenance and audit of its accounts; and
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(g) generally for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of is objects.
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(2) Any rule made by the Corporation may be amended or rescinded in like manner as a rule may be made under subsection (1).
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(3) The rules of the Association in force on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act shall in so far as they are no’1 inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law, be deemed to be the rules of the Corporation made under this section.
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(4) The members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation.
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Debts due by and payable to the Association.
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8. An debts and liabilities of the Association existing on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Association shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.
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How the seal of the Corporation is to be affixed.
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9. The seal of the Corporation shall 110t be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of at least three 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. One such member shall be the President or the General-Secretary or the Treasurer.
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Corporation may hold property movable and immovable.
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10. The Corporation shall be able and capable in law to acquire 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 “in force for the time being of the Corporation, with fun power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.
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Savings of the rights of the Republic and others.
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11. 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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