Anuradhapura Sri Pushpadana Development Foundation (Incorporation) Act 2011

This Act may be cited as the Anuradhapura

Sri Pushpadana Development Foundation (Incorporation)

Act, No. 34 of 2011.

From and after the date of commencement of this Act such and so many persons as now are members of the

“Anuradhapura Sri Pushpadana Development Foundation”

(hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation”) 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 “Anuradhapura Sri Pushpadana Development

Foundation” and by that name may sue and be sued, with full power and authority to have, and use a common seal and alter the same at its pleasure.

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

to safeguard the Buddhist cultural heritage within the sacred area in Anuradhapura;

to make arrangements for free distribution of flowers among the Buddhist devotees who arrive in to the sacred area in Anurdhapura;

to offer “dana” (mid day meal) and “gilanpasa”

to make arrangements for conducting Seela and

to make arrangements for the protection of the personal belongings of pilgrims on special festive occasions and to provide them with other necessary facilities;

to publish Damma books and leaflets for the promotion of the Buddhism and to establish a

to assist Buddhist monks and needy Buddhist children in their studies and organize scholarships for them; and

to undertake activities in co-ordination with other

Subject to the provisions of this Act, and any other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do perform and execute all such acts matters and things whatsoever of the objects of the Corporation or one of them, including the power—

to purchase, acquire, rent, construct or otherwise obtain land or building which may be required for the purposes of the Corporation;

to receive grants, gifts or donation, in cash or kind whether from local or foreign sources;

to erect or cause to be erected, any building or structure on any land belonging to, or held by the

to make, draw, accept, discount, endorse, negotiate, buy, sell and issue bills of exchange, cheques, promissory note and other negotiable instruments and to open, operate, maintain and close current, saving and deposit account in any bank;

to invest any funds not immediately required for the purposes of the Corporation in such manner as the Committee may think fit;

to undertake, accept, execute, perform and administer lawful trusts and conditions affecting any movable or immovable property;

to appoint, employ, dismiss or terminate the services of officers and servants of the Corporation and to pay them such salaries, allowances and gratuities as may be determined by the corporation; and

to train personnel in the matters required to be done for the implementation of the objects of the

The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be administered by a

The first Committee of the Corporation shall consist of the members of the Committee of the Foundation holding

The Board shall cause to be maintained a register in which every person who on the date of commencement of this Act, is a member of the Corporation, and every person thereafter duly admitted as member of the Corporation shall have inscribed in such register his name.

The register shall contain the following particulars:—

Cancellation of membership may cause due to one of the following reasons:—

at the death of the member;

resignation;

mental incapacity; and

violation of any rules.

It shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at any General Meeting and by a 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:—

Any rule made by the Corporation may be amended, altered, added to, or rescinded at a like meeting and in like manner as a rule made under subsection (1).

The members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation.

The Corporation shall have its own fund and all monies heretofore or hereafter received by way of gift, bequest, donation, subscription shall be deposited to the credit of the Corporation in one or more banks as the

There shall be paid out of the fund, any expenditure incurred by the Corporation in the exercise, performance and discharge of its powers, duties and functions of this Act.

All debts and liabilities of the Foundation 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, subscriptions and contribution payable to, the Foundation on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

The financial year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

The Corporation shall cause proper accounts, to be kept of its income and expenditure, assets and liabilities and all other transactions of the Corporation.

The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited by a qualified auditor.

In this section, “qualified auditor” means—

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 purpose of this Act and subject to the rules of the Corporation made under section 8, with full power to sell mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.

The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of the

Chief Chairman and the Chief Secretary or the Treasurer who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of the their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.

If upon the dissolution of the Corporation there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, such property shall not be distributed among the members of the Corporation but shall be given or transferred to some other Institution or

Institutions having object similar to those of the Corporation, and which is or are by the rules there of prohibited from distributing any income or property among its or their members. Such Institution or Institutions shall be determined by the Corporation immediately before, the dissolution of the Corporation.

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic, or of any body politic, or corporate.

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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