Calvary Church of Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act 1999

This Act may be cited as the Calvary Church of Sri

Lanka (Incorporation) Act, No.2 of 1999

From and after the date of commencement of this

Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the

Calvary Church of Sri Lanka, (hereinafter referred to as “the

Society”) or shall hereafter be admitted members of the Cor-poration hereby constituted, shall be and become a corpora-tion with perpetual succession under the style and name of “

The Calvary Church of Sri Lanka” (hereinafter referred to as

“the Corporation”) and by that name may sue and be sued in all Courts, with full power and authority to have and to use a common seal and to change and alter the same at its pleasure.

The general objects of the Corporation are hereby declared to be-

to provide a basis of working fellowship among all

to establish and maintain seminaries and such other institutions as may be considered necessary for the furtherance of the objects of Corporation; and

to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects.

Subject to the Provisions of this Act or any other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do, perform and execute all such acts, matters and things whatsoever as are necessary or desirable for the promotion or furtherance of the objects of the Corporation or any one of them including the power to open, operate and close bank accounts, to borrow or raise moneys with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest its funds and to engage, employ and dismiss officers and servants required for the carrying out of the objects of Corporation.

It shall be lawful for the Corporation from time to time, at any general meeting of the Corporation and by a majority of not less than two thirds of the members of the

The rules of the society in force on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall in, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law, be deemed to be rules made by the

Any rules made by the Corporation, may at a like meeting and in like manner be altered, added to, amended or rescinded.

All members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation for the time being in force.

The Corporation shall be able and capable in law to take 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 purposes of this Act and subject to the rules in force for the time being of the

Corporation, 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 two members authorized for that purpose by the Corporation, who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such Signing shall be independent of the singning of any Person as a witness.

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or af-fect the rights of the Republic, or of any body politic or corpo-rate, or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Act and others claiming by, from, or under, them

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text. shall pre-vail.