Isha-Athul Islam Home for the Orphans (Incorporation) Act 1984

This Act may be cited as the Isha-athul Islam Home for the Orphans (Incorporation) Act, No. 34 of 1984.

From and after the date of commencement of this

Act, the persons for the time being constituting the Board of Directors of the Isha-athul Islam Home for the Orphans

(hereinafter referred to as “the Home”) and their successors shall be and become a body corporate with perpetual succession under the name and style of the

“Isha-athul Islam Home for the Orphans” (hereinafter referred to as “the Corporation”) 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 to alter the same at their pleasure.

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

to bring up needy male Muslim orphans, preferably those from the Kalutara District

to provide them with facilities for their educational and religious development ;

to provide them with opportunities for vocational training

to guide and assist them in accordance with their attainments towards higher education or employ-ment,

The general government and direction of the

In the event of any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board of Directors by reason of the—

No act or proceeding of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy among its members.

The first Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be the Board of Directors of the Home holding office at the time of the coming into operation of this Act and that

The day to day affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules of the Corporation and the general direction of the Board of Directors, be administered by an

The first Executive Committee of the Board of

Subject to the provisions of this Act and any other written law, the Board of Directors shall, in the name of the Corporation, have the power to—

appeal for and raise funds, and receive grants, gifts or donations in cash or kind, whether from local or foreign sources

It shall be lawful for the Board of Directors, from time to time, at any general meeting and by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, to make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this

Act, for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of its objects. Such rules when made may, at a like meeting and in like manner be altered, added to, amended or rescinded,

How the

All debts and liabilities of the Home existing at the time of the coming into operation of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted, and all debts due to and contributions payable to the Home 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 of the

Chairman or the Secretary or the Treasurer and one other member of the Board of Directors, 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.

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