Section 2

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

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

Bambalapitiya Flats Buddhist Society (hereinafter referred to as "the Buddhist Society") or shall hereafter be admitted as members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be and become a body Corporate (hereinafter referred to as the

"Corporation'") with perpetual succession under the name and style of the Bambalapitiya Flats Buddhist Society, 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.

Short title.

Incorporation of the Bambalapitiya

Flats Buddhist

Society.

c· The general objects for which the Corporation is

·constituted are hereby declared to be-General objects of the Corporation.

(a)

to promote and protect the Buddhism and Buddhist rituals, practices and .traditions of the Buddhists residing in and around the Bambalapitiya Flats ;

( b)

to dpo_nsor. and promote the study of, and research

· into, all aspects of Buddhism ;

(c)

. to establish and maintain educational institutions

.. to teach Buddhism and to inculcate in the people, the Buddha Dhamma and Buddhist values, and

.. to encourage. them to lead their lives in accordance with such Dhamma and Buddhist

. values;.

(d)

· to establish and maintain Viharas, monasteries, shrines, hermitages and other religious institutions and to promote, foster and preserve,

Betddhist festivals, rites, rituals, practices and traditions ;

(e)

, to provide educational facilities and related services to the Buddhist community residing in and around the Bambalapitiya Flats ;

(/) to promote peace and foster religious, ethnic and racial harmony in the community ;

(g)

to provide social and welfare services and to establish and maintain centres and institutions for

· the welfare of the Buddhist community in the

· Bambalapitiya National Flats ;

·(ti) to· establish and maintain libraries, information

·and resource centres for the benefit of the Buddhist in and around the Bambalapitiya Flats ;

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(i)

to help and assist Buddhist in and around

Bambalapitiya Flats to engage in any technical or similar industry as self employment and to train them in any such industry ;

(J)

to hold exhibitions, lectures, seminars, workshops, classes, debates. conferences or other activities, in furtherance of the objects of the

Corpora'tion ; and

(k)

to establish friendly relations in collaboration with other associations, organisations or societies having objects similar to those of the Corporation in Sri

Lanka or abroad.

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