Centre for Islamic Guidance (Incorporation) Act 1998

This Act may be cited as the Centre for Islamic

Guidance (Incorporation ) Act, No. 30 of 1998.

From and after the date of commencement of this Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the Centre for Islamic Guidance (hereinafter referred to as the “Centre”)

and such other persons as shall hereafter be admitted as 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 the “Centre for Islamic Guidance” and by that ndme may sue, and be sued, in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and to change and alter the same at its pleasure.

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

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to prepare and guide Muslims to lead and conduct their spiritual and material lives, according to correct

to propagate the teachings of the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Holy prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ;

to open, operate and close bank accounts, and to borrow or raise money, with or without security

to invest the funds vested in, or belonging to, the

toerect or cause to be erected, any building or structure on any land belonging to or held by the Corporation.

The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be administered by a Committee of Management consisting of the President, General Secretary, the Administrative Secretary, the Treasurer and three other members to be elected in accordance with such rules.

The first Committee of Management of the

It shall be lawful for the Corporation from time to time, at any general meeting of the members and by the 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 conduct of the duties of the

The rules of the Centre in force on the day 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 any other written law.

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

All debts and liabilities of the Centre existing on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted and all debts due to, and subscriptions and contributions payable to, the

Centre on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of the President, the General Secretary or the Administrative Secretary who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.

The Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be able and capable in law to acquire and hold any property, movable or: immovable, which may become vested in it by virtue ofany 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 mortgage, sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic or of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this

Act, and those claiming by, from or under them.

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Inthe cvent of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

prevail in case of inconsistency.