AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND CALLED " THE CENTRAL CULTURAL FUND " FOR THE: PROVISION OF FUNDS. FOR THE .DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS IN SRI LANKA, TO MEET EXPENSES INCURRED IN DEVELOPING, RESTORING, AND PRESERVING CULTURAL MONU- MENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL : SRI LANKA AND ABROAD, AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL DISTANCE TO ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN, WRITERS PAINTERS MUSICIANS AND OTHERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN PROMOTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAKING OR AWARDS TO PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED THE NATION IN THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS FIELDS ; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO,