Young Men’s Buddhist Association, Tangalle (Incorporation)

(a) to protect and foster the interests of Buddhism and to provide facilities for the teaching and propagation of Buddhism;

(b) to encourage the practice of, and observance of, the Buddha Dhamma ;

(c) to promote harmony and co-operation among Buddhists;

(d) to promote the moral., cultural, physical and social welfare of Buddhists ;

(e) to encourage the observance of Buddhist principles and to engage in activities for the advancement of the knowledge of the Dhamma ;

(f) to promote unity and co-operation among Buddhists, and to protect the rights and privileges of Buddhists ;

(g) to promote activities for the propagation of Buddhism, Buddhist culture and Buddhist civilization;

(h) to provide, establish, endow, maintain, control and manage, hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and community halls, and to extend medical relief and aid, in any manner to the needy ;

(i) to train student and other persons, for a life of dedication and service to mankind, and, for the propagation of Buddhist culture ;

(j) to train students in Email industries and to help them financially or otherwise, to establish themselves as useful citizens;

(k) to construct, maintain and administer, orphanages, children’s parks, cultural centers, schools and colleges;

(l) to give aid, by way of scholarships or awards, or aid in cash or kind, to monks, volunteers and other persons, engaged in the furtherance of the objects of the Corporation;

(m) to promote, arrange, organise and hold, exhibitions, lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops, classes, debates, conferences, tours, excursions or other activities, in furtherance of the objects of the Corporation;

(n) to provide and maintain libraries, to subscribe for and issue, books, journals, souvenirs and periodicals and to provide such other services as may be deemed desirable for attaining the objects of the Corporation;

(o) to institute and establish, scholarships, awards, grants and prices and to encourage, philosophical and cultural studies ;

(p) to co-operate and associate with, other associations, societies or organisations having objects similar to those of the Corporation ;

(q) to send delegates to conferences relating to Buddhism in Sri Lanka or abroad;

(r) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and any other written law, to do such other things as are or may be necessary, conducive or incidental, to the attainment 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) It shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at any general meeting of the members and by the majority of 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 and the Executive Committee, for the conduct of the duties of the office-bearers, the Executive Committee 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 the accomplishment 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 in force on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the rules of the Corporation made under this section, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or other written law.

(3) The members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules for the time being of the Corporation.