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13. Body corporate may hold property movable and immovable

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Subject to the provisions of any other written law, of this Act and the rules made under section 7, the body corporate shall be able and 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 body corporate for the purpose of this Act and subject to the rules of the body corporate made under section 7, with power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the same.