Section 6

The Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following Schedule substituted therefor :–

SCHEDULE

PREAMBLE

We, who have dedicated our lives to the noble cause of the building up of a Sarvodaya Social Order in Sri Lanka and other countries of the world, where Truth, Non-violance and Self denial shall be the foundations of such Society and where the welfare of all, Sarvodaya, shall be the goal of our common endeavour, while pledging ourselves to work towards this ideal as members of one family where mutual love, faith, co-operation and co-sharing shall prevail, yet for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of efficiency in our service programmes and for establishing relationships with other social organisations and institutions, do hereby constitute ourselves as an organisation under the name “Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya” under the following rules :–

RULES OF THE LANKA JATIKA SARVODAYA SHRAMADANA

SANGAMAYA

Rule 1–Name :

The name of the Association shall be “The Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya

Shramadana Sangamaya” (hereinafter referred to as “The Association”.)

Rule 2–Symbol :

The symbol of the Association shall be a light red open lotus flower with the rising sun in the background.

Rule 3–Motto :

The motto of the Association shall be “Let us go from village to village and be of service to all”

Rule 4–Flag :

The Association shall have a flag comprising of the symbol and motto of the Association on a white background.

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

Repeal of the

Schedule to the principal enactment.

Rule 5–General Objects :

The general object of the Association shall be–

to provide, by means of Shramadana Camps and other constructive ways, adequate opportunities and the appropriate mental climate for the relization of the principles, the philosophy and the objects of Sarvodaya by the Shramadana

to provide opportunities to the youth to acquire a correct understanding of the socio-economic and other problems of the country and organize educational and training programmes for them, to learn ways and means of solving these according to the Sarvodaya Philosophy ;

to organize programmes with a view to the eradication of distrust and disintegration, arising from differences such as caste, race, creed and party polities ;

to disseminate qualities of selfless service, self-denial, co-operation, self-discipline and dignity of labour among the people of the land ;

to encourage the development, especially in the youth. of healthy views of social justice, equality, love of one’s motherland and international brotherhood ;

to develop self-confidence,co-operation and unity among the urban and rural communities and to evoke their inherent strength to bring about an all round development in their spiritual, moral, social, economic and educational life ;

to train and organize groups of youth who are ready to come forward and render voluntary service in times of national distress as well as in community development and social welfare programmes ;

to collect and mobilize the maximum possible resources of the people such as their time, intelligence, energy, wealth, specialised skills and technological knowledge which they are prepared to donate of their own free will and utilise them scientifically to bring about the general economic and social progress of the people ;

to promote, organize and engage in, economic and financial activities and to carry on such activities both within and outside Sri Lanka for the purpose of creating employment and financing the welfare programmes, projects and activities of the Association ;

to promote the establishment of legally recognized community organizations to undertake spiritual, moral, social, educational, economic and financial activities for the development of the communities in accordance with the

to establish such legal entities as may be necessary to manage the various programmes and projects of the Association, to frame rules governing the conduct of such entities and to delegate to such entities such administrative powers and financial authority as may be necessary ;

to enter into arrangements for sharing profits union of interest, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise with any person, company, business or business undertaking carrying on or engaged in any business or transaction which the Association wishes to carry on or engage in ;

to promote peace among the different ethnic groups in

to strive for the promotion of universal respect for the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms and by progressive measures both national and international to secure their universal recognition and observance ;

to associate generally for the realisation of the objects of the various institutions of the United Nations and especially to assist in the programmes of the Food and Agricultural

to observe truth, non-violence and self-denial at all times ;

to attain progressively the goal of a simple way of living ;

to steer clear of any political party affiliations, in order that the sanctity of the Association may be preserved ;

to assist in the national development and social welfare projects of the Government ;

to attempt to build, in place of the present way of life based on private ownership of wealth, competition, hatred and greed a

to accept the concept of Sarvodaya or welfare of all found as the heart in the teachings of world-religious leaders such as Lord

to accept that the means by which the objects of the Association are to be achieved should be honest and pure ;

to accept and abide by the decisions of the Executive Council and the Elders Council in matters pertaining to membership of the Association and to pledge that the only step that such member shall take is to voluntarily resign, if the said Council decides to remove such member from membership ;

to realize that Shramadana is only the first step in the achievement of a total non-violent revolution in all matters social, moral, political and economic and to render service in other Sarvodaya steps and measures that be taken from time to time to establish a Sarvodaya social system in which justice and equality shall be the salient features and in which exploitation of man by man in any form would entirely be eliminated ; and

to realize and work towards the idea that the maximum well-being and happiness of humanity can only be achieved when within countries people are non-violently organized as self-reliant rural and urban communities where scientific and spiritual values are harmoniously combined for the welfare of all and where the world community consisting of such nations organize themselves in to a commonwealth of independent nations where peace, co-operation and mutual respect for the freedom of such independent nations are the salient features.

All those who apply for membership of the Association shall take the following pledge on admission to membership and all such members at every Annual General Meeting shall as a body renew this pledge :–

“I, hereby do pledge that I shall, in accordance with the objects and principles of the Association serve selfless and agree to abide by the decisions of the Council of Elders and the Executive

Any person who is not under sixteen years of age and who agrees to accept and abide by the principles, the objects and the pledge of the Association shall until he is admitted to membership by the Executive Council, in the first instance, be a member of any

Any Sarvodaya Shramadana Society/Sarvodaya Society/

The Executive Council shall have the power to invite any member of a Haula referred to in Rule 20 or any person who, in the opinion of the Executive Council has rendered valuable service to the movement to be a member of the Association.

When the application for membership in the prescribed form accompanied by the subscription is received by the General

The Executive Council of the Association shall have all powers for the admission to membership, refusal to grant membership, suspension of membership and removal from membership of the Association.

In matters pertaining to disciplinary action with regard to membership, while the Executive Council shall not be obliged to give reasons for such action to the Annual General Meeting or any other party or person, it shall however place such decision before the Annual General Meeting for its ratificaiton.

There shall be seven categories of members namely–Youth

Youth Members shall pay five rupees per year and Ordinary members shall pay twenty-five rupees per year as their annual subscription.

Sampathdayaka Members shall pay fifty rupees or such other sum over and above fifty rupees as they may wish, as their annual subscription.

Members who pay one thousand ruppees in one payment or in five instalments of two hundred rupees each, shall be deemed to be Life Members.

Honorary and International Members are not obliged to pay membership fees.

Corporate Members shall pay two hundred Rupees per year as the subscription fee.

Members of the Youth, Ordinary and Sampathdayaka categories shall have to renew their membership for each new calendar year by paying the membership fee before the 31 st day of

The Members of the Association who forfeit their membersip by a decision of the Executive Council, by resignation or by any other means shall not be entitled to claim a refund of any subscription or donation they have paid to the Association during their period of membership.

The Council of Elders shall consist of 20 members selected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association.

The Executive Council shall have the power to fill any vacancy in the Council of Elders that may occur as a result of the inability to elect the full number of members at the Annual General

Where an occasion arises when the Executive Council is unable to arrive at a decision in regard to a disciplinary matter connected with members or office-bearers, such matter shall be placed before the Council of Elders and the decision given by the

The members of the Council of Elders are deemed to be ex-officio members of the Executive Council and shall have the power to participate in Executive Council meetings as other members of that Council.

The members of the Council of Elders shall, within one month of their selection, appoint from among themselves a President and a Secretary.

Where any member of the Council of Elders does not attend three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without informing in writing the reason for such absence and such member does not attend the next meetting of the Executive Council even after the General Secretary has specially written to such member requiring him to attend such member, shall be deemed to have vacated his membership in the Council of Elders.

The Executive Council shall be empowered to take all policy decisions deemed necessary for the good working of the

The Executive Council shall consist of seventy five members namely the twenty members of the Council of Elders, the fourteen

The president shall have the power to suspend the membership of any member of the Executive Council if under the signature of thirteen Executive Council members such request is made and the Executive Council decides to accept such request.

The Executive Council shall meet at least once a month and the quorum for a meeting shall be twenty five members.

Any member of the Executive Council absenting himself from three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without informing in writing his inability to attend such meetings shall be deemed to have vacated his membership in the Council.

Any person who the President considers should be a member of the Executive Council but cannot be admitted by reason of the number of members of the Council, specified in rule 12 (2) may be invited by the President through the General Secretary to participate in Executive Council meetings. Such person shall have the full right to participate in the activities of the Executive

Although the members of the Executive Council including the office-bearers of the Association are person, serving in a

Admission, suspension and expulsion of members ;

Appointment and removal of the Executive Director of the

Appointment, allocation of duties and removal of Executive

Specify such duties of the committee of office bearers as are not mentioned in these rules, delegation to them of such powers as are necessary and the withdrawal of such powers ;

filling of the vacancies of the Executive Council and the Council of Elders and subject to rule 14 hereunder, filling of any vacancy in the committee of office-bearers ;

appointment and dissolution of special service committee, sub-committees and working committees and the delegation of powers and duties to and the withdrawal of such powers and duties, from such committees ;

appointment of qualified auditors to examine all accounts of the

Organization and giving of instructions to the committee of office-Bearers in regard to the implementation of programmes of work, in accordance with the objects of the Association ;

Interpretation and clarification of the rules and the giving of decisions on matters not provided for in these rules ;

When amendments, revisions or deletions of the rules are necessary, the taking of decisions on such matters and presenting them for approval to a Special General Meeting summoned for such purpose ;

decide on the dates, times, and venues for the holding of Annual

subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Executive

establihsment of a special insurance fund at the Central Bank of

from time to time, by a vote of two thirds of the members present and voting –

raise or borrow any sum of money from any institution or person, whether, in Sri Lanka or abroad, and provide security for such borrowing by way of mortgage or charge on any of the Associations movable or immovable property ;

Secure any borrowings of the Association by a trust deed or other assurance ;

draw, make, accept, endorse, negotiate, discount and execute promissory notes, bills of exchange or other negotiable instruments ;

issue debentures or debenture stock either permanent, redeemable or repayable ; and

make or issue other forms of security and/or collateral.

The following fourteen office-bearers shall constitute the committee of office-bearers of the Association :–

The office-bearers shall implement the policy decisions of the

The President, the eight Vice-Presidents the General Secretary, three Additional Secretaries and the Treasurer shall cease to hold office on (1) resignation from membership or office (2)

If for any reason a situation arises where the Executive Council become incapable of acting, the committee of office bearers shall jointly be entrusted with the carrying out of the activities of the Association, unitl a Special General Meeting is summoned within thirty days and a new Executive Council elected.

(i) The Committee of office-bearers shall meet at least once a month presided over by the President or in the absence of the President by any one of the Vice Presidents.

The quorum for any meeting of the committee of office-bearers shall be six office-bearers including the President and the Treasurer.

The General Secretary or an officer acting on his behalf, shall on each and every month submit at the meeting of the Executive

advise the President on the appointment of all full time Sarvodaya

appointment, allocation of duties, control and removal of organisers and workers for office level, institutional level, village level, divisional level, district level and national level duties ;

when necessary, approval of allowances and payments for maintenance of workers and organisers ;

organisation, establishment and supervision of Sarvodaya

establishment of relationship with Ministries, Departments and other Governmental Institutions according to the needs of the

establishment and maintenance of relationships with similar organisations, both national and foreign, according to the needs of the Association ;

establishment, control and discontinuance of Sarvodaya

custody of, control, putting to right use, improvement and additions to and when possible, derivation of income from, all movable and immovable property belonging to the Association ;

receive by way of donations or by such other means, of land, buildings equipment or funds for the use of the Association and their utilization and investment in the interest of the objects of the Association ;

maintenance and keep in safe custody of all documents of the

maintenance and keep in safe custody of proper accounts or income and expenditure of the Association ;

establishment, control and maintenance of the Central Office and Branch Offices of the Association ;

organization of, and bearing responsibility for Shramadana

assistance to individuals , families, groups villages and Institutions when assistance from the Association is sought by way of advice

assistance to members of the association and otehr deserving persons in sponsoring educational tours, scholarships and training facilities both within the country and abroad when such are of assistance to the Association and the people of the country ;

Organisation of lectures, talks, seminars and conferences at

printing and publishing books, magazines, newspapers and other literature on Sarvodaya and allied subjects ;

participation, generally in other social reconstruction activities which are not specified in these rules but which are in keeping with the objects, principles and programmes of the Association but strictly excluding party and power political activities ;

establishment of logistical facilities to carry out the functions of the Associations ;

The President ;

The President shall–

observe and see that the others also observe the objects and principles of the Association ;

place before the General Meeting the decisions of the

supervise and direct all affairs of the Association and the duties of the Executive Director ;

preside at meetings of the General body and the

In the absence of the President, any one of the Vice-Presidents, and in the absence of the President and any of the Vice-Presidents, a member elected from the Council of

The President shall on the advice of the committee of office-bearers, appoint, promote, terminate the services of, remove or otherwise deal with, the full time workers of the Association.

The General Secretary ;

The treasurer ;

The Executive Director ;

There shall be appointed by the Executive Council an

The Executive Director shall subject to the approval of the

The Executive Director shall attend all meetings of the

All General Meetings shall be open to members of all categories.

The Annual General Meeting shall be held before the 31 st day of December each year, on a date to be determined by the

At least fourteen days, notice shall be given to members for the

Where due to unavoidable circumstances the Annual General

The fourteen chief office-bearers the Council of Elders and the

At the Annual General Meeting the Treasurer shall present the statement of accounts of the preceding year duly audited by approved auditors and the General Secretary shall present the

A Special General Meeting shall be summoned by the General

Any resolutions that the members wish to present to a General

Even though the Sarvodaya Convention among the members of the Association is to arrive at unanimous decisions on all matters connected with the activities of the Association, decisions may be taken in special cases by majority vote. The right to vote shall be vested only in Honorary and Life members and members of

Moneys received by the Association by way of subscription fees, donations from local or foreign private institutions and persons, grants and donations received from the Government of Sri Lanka or a foreign Government or Institution, and loans obtained from any source whether foreign or local, and income received from the movalbe and immovable properties of the Association, shall be considered the funds of the Association.

The responsibility for receiving all such moneys, their custody and disbursement shall be vested in the Treasurer under the directions of the Executive Council and the committee of office-bearers.

All moneys received by the Association shall be deposited in any approved Bank or in such Savings Account, fixed deposit,

The President and the Treasurer or the Finance Director :

The President and any one of the Vice-Presidents or the

The Treasurer or the Finance Director and any one of the

The Executive Director and any one from amongst the

The Executive Council shall have the power to appoint two responsible persons to sign cheques in case of accounts maintained by the Association for activities outside the Central Office whenever such need arises.

The Executive Council shall have the power to appoint recognised local auditors for auditing accounts in projects carried out in the District whenever such needs arise.

At the Annual General Meeting, the Treasurer shall, with the concurrence of the Executive Council, present the Annual

The Executive Council shall have the power to authorize the organisation of a branch society in any place where there are at least five members of the Association belonging to any category.

The branch societies shall function in accordance with the objects, the principles and the programmes of the Association.

The Executive Council shall have the power to frame rules, to delegate power and to control and dissolve such branch societies.

If any voluntary organization, devoid of party political affiliations, apply to the Association to co-operate in programmes and activities carried out in conformity with the general objects of the Association, the Executive Council shall have the power to accede to such request and register them as recognized bodies with the Association or to reject such request or after registration to cancel such recognition.

The recognition of such body shall not in any way affect the identity and independence of such body or the Association.

The Association of the recognized organization shall have the power to unilaterally cancel such registration as a recognized organization of the Association.

with a view to propagate the Sarvodaya thought among various sectors of the community and to get them to participate in the activities of the Association, the committee of office-bearers shall have the power to organize, direct and control Sarvodaya

These Haulas may be known as Sarvodaya Govi Haulas, Sarvodaya

The Executive Council shall decide the place where the registered office of the Association shall be maintained.

The registered office of the Association shall normally be situated in the District of Colombo, but the Executive Council shall reserve the power to shift the registered office to any other

The rules of the Association shall not be revised, rescinded, or amended except at a Special General Meeting convened for the purpose and on the vote of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting in favour of the proposed amendment.

Written notice of the proposed revisions, amendments and deletions must be forwarded to the Executive Council through the General Secretary, and the Executive Council by a decision of the members present, shall decide by a majority vote the revisions, amendments and deletions that should be presented to such Special General Meeting for approval.

The amendments, revisions and deletions to these rules as approved by the Executive Council shall be proposed at the