Talapitiya Ahadiyya Association (Incorporation)

(a) to manage and maintain the Talapitiya Ahadiyya School;

(b) to cater to the religious, educational, social, economic and cultural development of the Muslims in Sri Lanka;

(c) to print, publish and distribute books, journals, magazines and pamphlets on Islam;

(d) to establish and maintain reading rooms and promote the study of and propagation of Islam;

(e) to encourage the practical observance of Islam ;

(f) to grant financial aid and award scholarships to Muslim youths for the purpose of pursuing higher education;

(g) to provide free medical assistance to Muslims ;

(h) to maintain and administer the Janaza Benefit Fund ; and

(i) to do all such other acts and things as are conducive or incidental to, the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Corporation :

(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 the office bearers and such other persons 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 Association holding office on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act.

(1) If shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at any general meeting and by the votes 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 the admission, withdrawal or expulsion of members;, for the election of the office-bearers, the Executive Committee and Sub Committees, for the conduct of the duties of the office-bearers, the Executive Committee, Sub Committees and 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 and attainment of its objects. Such rules when made, may at a like meeting and in like manner, be altered, added to, amended or rescinded,

(2) The rules of the Association on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law, shall be deemed to be rules of the Corporation made under this section.

(3) All members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation,

(a) the payment in good faith, of reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer, employee or servant of the Corporation or to any member of the Corporation for any services rendered by him to the Corporation,

(b) the payment of reasonable and proper rent for premises let to the Corporation, by any member of the Corporation or by any company of which a member of the Corporation is a shareholder; and

(c) the re-imbursement or repayment of reasonable and proper expenses, incurred with the prior approval of the Executive Committee, by any member, officer, employee or servant of the Corporation, in the performance of his functions or duties, or in promoting the objects of the Corporation.

(a) to purchase, acquire, rent, construct and otherwise obtain, lands or buildings which may be required for the purposes of the Corporation and which may lawfully be acquired for those purposes, and to deal with, or dispose of, the same as may it deem expedient, with a view to promoting the objects of the Corporation ;

(b) to invest any funds not immediately required for the purposes of the Corporation, in such manner as the Executive Committee may think fit and from time to time, to vary and transfer any such investments ;

(c) to raise or borrow money, on any security or otherwise, for purposes of the Corporation and to secure or discharge, any debt or obligation of the Corporation, in such manner as may be thought fit;

(d) to solicit, raise and receive, subscriptions, grants, donations and gifts of all kinds, locally and from abroad, for the purposes of the Corporation ;

(e) to construct, alter or maintain, any buildings, required for the purposes of the Corporation ;

(f) to subscribe or grant money for any charitable purpose;

(g) to undertake, accept, execute, perform and administer, any lawful trusts and conditions affecting any real or personal property, held or owned, or to be held or owned, in trust, for the Corporation or any other charitable association, institution, society or body and any other charitable trusts;

(h) to establish, organize and maintain, different branches and institutions for different and various activities, programmes and projects, sponsored and conducted, by the Corporation, with a view to promoting the objects of the Corporation;

(i) to appoint, dismiss or terminate, the services of officers and servants of the Corporation, and to pay them such salaries, pensions, gratuities and allowances as may from time to time as determined by the Corporation;

(j) to establish, or contribute to, any fund or scheme for the grant of gratuities, pensions, allowances or other benefits to officers or servants, past or present, of the Corporation, or to the relatives or dependants of such officers or servants ;

(k) to enter into any contract with any person, company, society or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, or Local Authority, for promoting the objects of the Corporation ; and

(l) subject to the provisions of any other written law, to do all other things necessary or expedient for the proper and effective carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.