Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital Board Act 1999 · As enacted
9. Powers of the Board
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
The Board shall have the power to do all things as are necessary for or conducive or incidental to the control, management and administration of the Hospital, and the discharge of its functions.
Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Board may exercise the following powers :-
to receive grants, gifts or donations in cash or kind, whether from local or foreign sources ;
to take or hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it by this Act, or by virture of any purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise, and to sell, mortgage, lease, grant, convey, devise, assign, exchange or otherwise dispose of, any such movable and immovableproperty other than the land and premises described in the Schedule to this Act ;
subject to the provisions of this Act, to appoint, employ and remunerate officers and servants of the
Board and to make regulations regarding the appointment, promotion, remuneration and disciplinary control of such officers and servants and the grant of leave and other benefits to them ;
to open, operate and close bank accounts and borrow or raise money, with or without security ;
to enter into such contracts as maybe necessary for the discharge of its functions ;
to do all other acts and things as are incidental or conducive to the discharge of the functions of the
Board.