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Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2014

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 Welfare Society of the

School for the Mentally Subnormal Child (Incorporation)

(Amendment) Act, No. 45 of 2014.

s 2General amendment to the principal enactment

In every context in which the Welfare Society of the

School for the Mentally Subnormal Child is mentioned

(whether by that name or by the abbreviation of the “Welfare

Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child”)

in the Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally

Subnormal Child (Incorporation) Act, other than in the long title, in any rule, notice or other document made or issued under the Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally

Subnormal Child Act, there shall, unless the context

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otherwise requires, be substituted for the expression“Welfare

Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child” of the words “Chitra Lane Welfare Society for Children with

Special Needs”.

s 3Continuation of contracts, agreements, actions, appeals, rights and liabilities

(1)

All contracts, agreements, certificates or other instruments or documents whatsoever made, issued or executed prior to the date of the commencement of this Act, by or in favour of the “Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child” shall be deemed on or after the date of commencement of this Act, to be, and to have been made, issued or executed by or in favour of the

“Chitra lane Welfare Society for Children with Special

Needs”.

(2)

All suits, actions, appeals and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the “Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally Subnormal Child” and pending on the day immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this

Act, shall not abate or be discontinued, and may be continued or enforced by or against the “Chitra lane Welfare Society for Children with Special Needs.”.

(3)

All the rights, liabilities, and obligations of the

“Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally subnormal

Child” other than the rights, liabilities and obligations referred to in subsection (1) on the day immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the rights, liabilites and obligations of the “Chitra lane

Welfare Society for Children with Special Needs”.

s 4Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution for the words“five years of membership” of the words “two years of membership”;

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(2)

by the addtion immediately after subsection (3)

of that section of the following subsection—

“(3A) The maximum number of members in the Board of trustees shall be ten”.

s 5Avoidance of doubts

For the purpose of avoidance of any doubt it is hereby declared that the “Chitra lane Welfare Society for Children with

Specila Needs” shall for all purposes be deemed to be the successor to the “Welfare Society of the School for the Mentally Sabnormal

Child” established by section 2 of the principal enactment.

s 6Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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