Section 4

General Powers of the Corporation to establish and maintain educational institutions and students’ hostels in any part of Sri Lanka ;

to provide financial aid and award scholarships to needy students

;

to provide medical aid, food, clothings and housing to the poor, the destitute and the sick ;

to provide welfare facilities to the blind, the deaf and the dumb ;

to develop and upgrade the education of laymen and monks by conducting courses of study in Sinhala, Pali,

Sanskrit, Buddhism, Ayurveda and sciences ;

to conduct all religious ceremonies approved by the

Corporation and to conduct the annual memorial pinkama to commemorate Rev. Wallambagala Sri

Pangnasara Thero ; and to do all other things necessary or expedient for the carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.

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 as are necessary or desirable for the promotion or furtherance of the objects of the Corporation or any one of them, including the power to open, opcrate and close bank accounts, to borrow or raise money with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest its funds, to enter into contracts and agreements and to engage, employ and dismiss officers and servants, required for the carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.

Habarakada Siri Dharmawijeya Sahana Sewa 3

Foundation (Incorporation) Act, No. 18 of 2000