Act of Parliament · As enacted
Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund (Amendment) Act 2022
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 2022.
s 2Amendment of the long title to Act, No.66 of 1981
The long title of the Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund Act, No. 66 of 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “MAHAPOLA HIGHER
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND”, of the words,
“LALITH ATHULATHMUDALI MAHAPOLA HIGHER
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND”.
In the principal enactment and in any other written law, there shall be substituted –
for the words “Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund Act”, of the words, “Lalith
Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund Act”; and
for the words “Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund”, of the words, “Lalith
Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund”, wherever such words appear in the principal enactment and other written law.
Every reference to the “Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund Act” and “Mahapola Higher
Education Scholarship Trust Fund” in any notice, notification, contract, communication, agreement, form or
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other document shall be read and construed as a reference to the “Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund Act” and “Lalith Athulathmudali
Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund”.
s 4Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment
Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
by the repeal of subsection (2) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
“(2) The Board of Trustees of the Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) shall consist of the following members:-
the founder or his nominee;
a retired Judge of the Supreme Court or a retired Auditor General appointed by the
President for a period of three years who shall be the Chairman of the Board;
the persons for the time being holding office as–
the Secretary to the Ministry of the
Minister to whom the subject of Higher
Education is assigned;
the Secretary to the Ministry of the
Minister to whom the subject of
Education is assigned;
the Secretary to the Ministry of the
Minister to whom the subject of Trade is assigned; and
two persons appointed by the founder
(hereinafter referred to as the “appointed members”) for a period of five years.”; and
by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof.
s 5Amendment of section 15 of the principal ecnactment
Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words, “All officers and servants of the Fund” of the words, “All officers, servants and
Trustees of the Fund”.
s 6Insertion of new section 15A in the principal enactment
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 15 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 15A of that enactment: -
15A. All movable and immovable property of the Fund shall be deemed to be public property within the meaning of, and for the purposes of, the Offences Against Public
Property Act, No. 12 of 1982.”.
s 7Avoidance of doubt
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the “Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund”, shall, for all purposes be deemed to be the successor to the “Mahapola Higher Education
Scholarship Trust Fund”.
s 8Sinhala 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.
“Provisions of Offences
Against
Public
Property Act,
No. 12 of 1982 to apply
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