3. General objects of the Corporation

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 Corporation is

Constituted are hereby declared to be —

(a)

to protect, maintain and develop the library and the two storeyed Dharma Mandiraya situated at the

Mahanuwara Asgiri Mahaviharaya and the movable and immovable property affliated thereto ;

(b)

to protect, develop and administer all immovable and movable property which previously belonged to the Palipana Sri Lanka Chandananda Buddhist

Research Centre and which is presently vested in the Mahanuwara Asgiriya Palipana Sri

Chandananda International Buddhist Research and

Development Centre;

(c)

to train the Buddhist priests and Buddhists for the expansion of the Buddhist philosophy in Sri Lanka and abroad; and

(d)

to encourage and assist Buddhists to study the

Buddhist philosophy and affiliated subjects.