Periya Moulana, Zain Moulana Shrines and Thakiyas Development Society (Incorporation) Act 1999

This Act may be cited as the Periya Moulana, Zain

Moulana Shrines and Thakiyas Development Society

(Incorporation) Act, No.26 of 1999.

From and after the date of commencement of this

Act, such and so many persons as now are the members of the Periya Moulana, Zain Moulana Shrines and Thakiyas

Development Society (hereinafter referred to as the

“Development Society”) or shall hereafter be admitted members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”)

with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the

“Periya Moulana, Zain Moulana Shrines and Thakiyas

Development Society” and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and alter the same at its pleasure.

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Thakiyas Development Society (Incorporation)

Act, No. 26 of 1999

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be -

to assist in the rehabilitation, maintenance, development and upkeep of the Shrines and

to promote the welfare, comfort and well being of pilgrims who may visit, venerate or seek succour and rest in, such places of pilgrimage, or who de-sire to observe Islamic rules of worship and prayer;

to promote in general, the religious, cultural, educational and economic well being and Welfare of Muslims ;

to provide relief and aid to the poor, the needy the sick and the aged of the Muslim faith visiting the

to establish and maintain a Muslim religious school for the teaching of Quran and the Arabic Language;

do such other acts and things as are conducive or incidental to the attainment of all or any of the above objects.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, and any other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do, perform and execute all such acts, matters and things whatsoever, as are necessary or desirable for the promotion and furtherance of the objects of the Corporation or any one of them , including the power to open, operate or close bank accounts, to borrow or raise moneys, with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest and expend its funds, and to engage employ and dismiss officers and servants required for the carrying out of the objects of

Corporation.

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Thakiyas Development Society (Incorporation)

Act, No. 26 of 1999

The affairs of the Corporation shall subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be administered by a Board of Trustees elected in accordance with such rules.

The first Board of Trustees of the Corporation shall be the Board of Trustees of the Development Society holding office on the day preceding the date of commencement of this

It shall be lawful for the Corporation, from time to time, at any general meeting and by a majority of the members who are the descendants of the Seyed Zain Sakhaff

The members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules of the Corporation.

The Corporation shall be able and capable in law, to acquire and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it by virture of any purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise and all such property shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.

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Thakiyas Development Society (Incorporation)

Act, No. 26 of 1999

All debts and liabilities of the Development

Society existing on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Development society on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence at least of two members of the Board of Trustees who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.

Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic, or of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Act, and those claiming by, from, or under , them.

In the event of any inconsistency between the

Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail