2. Incorporation of the Sivmuni Se Vehera Buddhist Foundation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

From and after the date of commencement of this

Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the

“Sivmuni Se Vehera Buddhist Foundation” (hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation”) or shall hereafter be admitted as members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession under the name and style of the “Sivmuni Se Vehera Buddhist Foundation”

(hereinafter referred to as “the Corporation”), and by that name may sue and be sued, with full power and authority to have, and use a common seal and to alter the same at its pleasure.

(2)

The Corporation shall be deemed to be a voluntary social service organization within the meaning, and for the purpose of the Voluntary Social Services Organizations

(Registration and Supervision) Act, No. 31 of 1980 and the provisions of that Act shall apply to and in relation to the management of the affairs of the Corporation.

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