Jathika Urumaya Oraganisation (Incorporation) Act 1998

This Act may be cited as the Jathika Urumaya

Organisation (Incorporation) Act, No. 44 of 1998.

From and after the date of commencement of this Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the Jathika

Urumaya Organisation (hereinafter referred to as “the

Organisation”) or shall hereafter be admitted members of the

Corporation hereby constituted shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession under the name and style of the “Jathika

Urumaya Organisation” (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 alter the same at its pleasure.

Jathika Urumaya Organisation.

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General Objects

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

to protect the territorial intergrity, sovereignty and unity of Sm Lanka ;

to promote, foster and maintain unity among the different communities living in Sri Lanka ;

to assist in the promotion of racial, religious and communal harmony, and the eradication of social disabilities ;

to assist persons affected by terrorist activities ;

to secure, safeguard and promote the rights of

to initiate appropriate measures to protect the indentity of the Nation ;

to protect the national, cultural, social and environmental heritage.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and other written law, the Corporation shall have the power to do, perform and execute all such acts, matters and things whatsoever 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, operate, and close bank accounts, to borrow or raise money, with or without security, to receive or collect grants and donations, to invest its funds and to engage, employ and dismiss, officers and servants required for the purpose of carrying out of the objects of the Corporation.

The affairs of the Corporation shall subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be administered by a Board of Management consisting of the

The first Board of Management of the Corporation shall be the Board of Management of the Organisation holding office on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act.

It shall be lawful for the Corporation from time to time, at any general meeting and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, to make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any other written law for all or any of the following matters :—

The rules of the Organisation in force on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or other. written law, be deemed to be the rules of the

The members of the Corporation shall be subject to tules of the Corporation.

The Fund of the Corporation shall consist of—

There shall be paid out of the fund all sums of money required to defray any expenditure incurred by the Corporation in the exercise, performance and discharge of its powers, duties and functions under this Act.

All debts and liabilities of the Organisation existing on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation here by constituted and all debts due to, and subscriptions and contributions payable to, the Organisation on that day shall be paid to the Corporation for purposes of this Act.

The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever except in the presence of the

President and the Secretary who shall sign their names on the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.

The Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation, be capable in law to take and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it by virtue of any purchase, grant, gift testamentary disposition or otherwise and all such property shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules in force for the time being of the

Corporation, with full power to mortgage, sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.

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Act No. 44 of 1998

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.

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