3. General objects of the Corporation

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

to undertake the publishing, printing, translation and distribution islandwide of urgently needed important educational books in Sinhala and Tamil and the importation of books of international importance ;

to upgrade and improve facilities of libraries in educational institutions ;

to establish and maintain libraries, mobile libraries and mobile “Books for the Nation” sales outlets throughout the country ;

to enable children, youth and adults in indigent circumstance to gain access to books and other publications required to help them to engage in higher studies and to make available to them books at affordable prices ;

to conduct vocational and educational training courses and research in the field of the book publishing, translation of books into Sinhala and

to provide educational aids, books and magazines to the poor and to the destitute ;

to assist financially by granting scholarships or otherwise to voluntary workers and others who are engaged in the attainment of the objects of the

to work in co-operation with other associations, societies or organizations having objects similar to those of the Corporation ; and

to print, publish and distribute books, journals, leaflets, newspapers and magazines which the