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3. General objects of the body Corporate

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

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

(a)

to act as a representative body, to promote and protect the interests of those engaged in construction activities;

(b)

to assist the relevant authorities to stimulate the development of national construction industry;

(c)

to study issues of national significance and to make recommendations;

(d)

to establish panels of professionals in such areas in projects relating to its members and to evaluate and issue reports and certificates on such projects;

(e)

to act as a centre for recruitment of staff for member firms in the national construction industry on the request of such firms;

(f)

to secure contracts within and outside Sri Lanka for the members of the body corporate upon receipt of the registration of the Construction Industry

Development Authority and subject to the provisions of the Construction Industry

Development Authority Act, No. 33 of 2014 and standards and guidelines of the Construction

Industry Development Authority;

(g)

to award scholarships and fellowships for the furtherance and development of the local construction industry;

(h)

to conduct training courses and issue certificates with the approval of the Tertiary and Vocational

Education Commission established under section 2 of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Act,

No. 20 of 1990; and

(i)

to act as trustees, custodians or managers to funds subscribed or donated for the upliftment of the construction industry.