3. The general objects for which the Corporation is established are hereby declared to be"
| (a) to preserve and disseminate the Theravadhi Buddhist philosophy and way of life ; |
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| (b) to maintain friendly relations with other Buddhist organization in and outside Sri Lanka ; |
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| (c) to conduct Vocational and Educational courses for youths in Sri Lanka ; |
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| (d) to train students in small industries and to help them financially or otherwise to establish themselves as useful citizens ; |
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| (e) to foster and promote education, by establishing and maintaining schools and educational institutions and by granting scholarships; |
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| (f) to grant medical relief, food clothing and shelter to the needy, orphans and the sick; |
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| (g) to establish and maintain orphanages and homes for the aged and the destitute and to establish social welfare centres; |
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| (h) to provide welfare facilities for the disabled, the deaf, dumb and blind and establish homes for them; |
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| (i) to give aid by way of scholarships, or cash or otherwise, to monks, volunteers and other persons, engaged in the furtherance of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (j) to provide and maintain libraries, to subscribe for, and issue, books, journals, souvenirs and periodicals and to provide such other services as may be deemed desirable for attaining the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (k) to promote, arrange, organize and hold, exhibitions, lectures, seminars simposia, workshops, classes debates, conferences, tours, excursions or other activities in the furtherance of the objects of the Corporation; |
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| (l) to co-operate and associate with other associations, societies or organizations, having objects similar to those of the Corporation; |
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| (m) to engage in any industry, trade or import and export business and to promote and carry on any agricultural, industrial and commercial enterprise, to provide aid and assistance to any persons for such enterprises, to conduct training programmes and to organize services and propaganda campaigns, with a view to providing the public with technological expertise ; |
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| (n) to provide higher educational diplomas and other educational programmes and courses of study in ayurveda and indigenous medicine ; |
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| (o) to act as an agent of any national or foreign technical or vocational training institution or affiliate institution or organization carrying on educational activities ; |
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| (p) to do all other acts and things as are or may be necessary conducive, or incidental, to, the attainment of the above objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts