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Gramodaya Mandala Fund (Amendment) Act 2009
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s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Gramodaya Mandala
Fund (Amendment) Act, No. 68 of 2009.
s 2Amendment of the Long title to Act, No. 28 of 1982
The Long Title to the Gramodaya Mandala Fund Act,
No. 28 of 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “Gramodaya Mandala Fund” of the words “Jana Diriya
Fund”.
In the principal enactment and in any other written law, there shall be substituted for the words “Gramodaya
Mandala Fund Act” and “Gramodaya Mandala Fund,” of the words “Jana Diriya Fund Act” and “Jana Diriya Fund”, respectively.
Every reference to the “Gramodaya Mandala Fund
Act” and “Gramodaya Mandala Fund” in any regulation, rule, order, notice, notification or other document shall be read and construed as a reference to the “Jana Diriya Fund
Act” and the “Jana Diriya Fund”, respectively.
s 4Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment
Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
in subsection (2) thereof—
by the repeal of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following:—
“(b) the Minister in charge of the subject of
Finance:
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Provided however where the President is functioning as the Minister of Finance, the reference shall be to the Deputy Minister in charge of the subject of Finance”;
in paragraph (l) thereof, by the substitution for the words “three other persons” of the words “four other persons”;
in subsection (4) thereof, by the substitution for the words “without assigning a reason therefor” of the words “assigning reasons therefor”; and
in subsection (6) thereof by the substitution for the words “four members” of the words “five members”.
s 5Amendment of Section 5 of the principal enactment
Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the substitution for the words “Every Gramodaya
Mandala” of the words “Every society or an institution registered under any written law specified in the First Schedule to this Act”;
by the substitution for the words from “any work”
to the end of that section of the words “any work pertaining to the subjects referred to in the Second
Schedule hereto.”; and
by the repeal of the marginal note to that section and the substitution therefor of the following:—
“Powers of a registered society or institution”.
s 6Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment
Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “assistance to
Gramodaya Mandala” of the words “assistance to every society or an institution registered under any written law specified in the First Schedule to this Act” and for the words
“such Gramodaya Mandalaya” of the words “such society or institution”.
s 7Insertion of new section 6A in the principal enactment
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 6 of the principal enactment, and shall have effect as section 6A of that enactment:—
6A. (1) The Minister may for the purpose of this Act, approve any society or institution which is a non-profit making society or a non-political society or non-profit making institution, as an approved society.
The Minister may prescribe the criteria to be satisfied by a society for such society to be approved.”.
s 8Amendment of section 7 of the principal enactment
Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in paragraphs (d) and (g) of subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for the words “Gramodaya
Mandala” wherever those words appear in those paragraphs of the words “any society or institution registered under any written law specified in the First Schedule to this Act.”.
s 9Amendment of section 14 of the principal enactment
Section 14 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words Inland Revenue
Act, No. 28 of 1979 of the words “Inland Revenue Act, No.
28 of 1979, or the Inland Revenue Act, No. 38 of 2000 or
Inland Revenue Act, No. 10 of 2006 as the case may be”
wherever those words appear in that section.
s 10Amendment of section 15 of the principal enactment
Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
in subsections (2) and (3) thereof by the substitution for the words “section 13 of the Transport Board
Law, No. 19 of 1978” of the words “section 14 of the National Transport Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991”;
in subsection (5) thereof by the substitution for the words “Local Government Service” and “Local
“Approved society.
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Government Service Advisory Board” of the words
“Provincial Public Service” and “Provincial Public
Service Commission” respectively wherever those words appear in that section.
s 11Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment
Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of the definition of the expression
“Development Council” in that section.
s 12Amendment of the Schedule in the principal enactment
The Schedule to the principal enactment is amended as follows:—
by the re-numbering of that Schedule as the Second
Schedule ; and
by the insertion immediately before the re-numbered Second Schedule of the following new
Schedule:—
“FIRST SCHEDULE
Any Gramodaya Mandala established under section 17A of the Development Councils Act,
No. 35 of 1980, amended by Act, No. 45 of 1981;
A Samurdhi Force registered under the Sri
Lanka Samurdhi Authority Act, No. 30 of 1995;
A Co-operative Society registered under the
Co-operative Societies Act, No. 5 of 1972;
A Farmer’s Association registered by the
Agrarian Services Commissioner under the
Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000;
A Youth Association affiliated to the National
Youth Service Council under the National
Youth Services Act, No. 69 of 1979; and
Every organization, association or body registered or approved by any Ministry,
Department of Government or other
Government Agency, under a scheme approved by the Government for such registration or approval.”.
s 13Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency
In the event of any inconsistency between the
Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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