Deha Dhamma (Divine Body Care) Center, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act 1992

This Act may be cited as the Deha Dhamma (Divine

Body Care) Centre, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act, No. 25 of 1992.

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

Dhamma (Divine Body Care) Centre, Sri Lanka (herein-after referred to as “the Centre”) or shall hereafter be admitted as members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall he a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as “the

Corporation”) with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the ‘“Deha Dhamma (Divine Body Care)

Centre, Sri Lanka”, and by that name shall and may sue, and be sued, in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and alter the sare at its pleasure.

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

to promote the protection, care, treatment, educaticn, and rehabilitation, of physically and mentally retarded human beings by the establishment of

to restore King Ravana’s golden age by practising his methods, of self sufficiency in health, wealth, food, clothing, and of non-violent harmonious living in Sri Lanka

to teach the living principles of Buddhism through

to initiate, promote and eonduct, research into the efficacy of King Ravana’s herbal remedies ;

to conduct lectures, seminars, other educational programmes and to publish information and educa-tional material with a view to promoting of Deha

to utilize and harness nature and natural resources for developing the culture, education and the health of mankind

to encourage the members of the public to grow medicinal plants for sale and export ; and

to do all such other acts and things as are conducive or incidental to, the attainment of the aforesaid objects.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and any other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do, perform and execute all such acts, matters and things what-soever 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 cr 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 the Corpora-tion.

The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be administered by a Board of Management consisting of the office bearers and such other persons as may be provided for in such rules and elected in accordance therewith.

The first Board of Management of the Corporation shall be the Board of Management of the Centre holding office on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act and consisting of the members whose names appear in the Schedule to this Act.

It shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at a general meeting and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, to make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this

No rule of the Corporation for the time being in force or which may hereafter be passed shall be altered, added to, amended or rescinded, except by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting of the Corporation.

The rules of the Centre in force on the day preced-ing the date of commencement of this shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law, be deemed to be the rules of the

All 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, and all debts due to and subs-criptions and contributions payable to, the Centre on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

The Corporation shall be 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 of the

Corporation, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, ex-change, or otherwise dispose of, the same.

How the in case of inconsistency.

Deha Dhamma (Divine Body Care) Centre,

Sri, Lanka (Incorporation) Act, No. 25 of 1992

The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever, except in the presence of three of the members of the Board of Management, 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.

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice, 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.

Sinhala text to prevail il. In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.